ellen has 11 pennies she has 1 fewer dimes how many dimes does she have?
She must have 11-1 = 10 dimes
U have 11 pennies and u have 1 dime. How much does a dime cost 10 and it should be 11-10 get on my level
To figure out how many dimes Ellen has, we can use the information given in the question. We know that Ellen has 11 pennies. Let's denote the number of dimes she has as 'x'.
From the question, we are also told that she has 1 fewer dimes. This means that the number of dimes she has is 'x - 1'.
Since Ellen has 11 pennies, the total value of her coins must be equal to the sum of the pennies and dimes.
The value of one penny is 1 cent, and the value of one dime is 10 cents. So the total value can be expressed as:
11 pennies (1 cent each) + (x - 1) dimes (10 cents each)
To simplify this expression, we multiply the number of pennies by 1 and the number of dimes by 10:
11 * 1 cent + (x - 1) * 10 cents
This can be further simplified to:
11 cents + 10x - 10 cents
Now, we know that the total value of Ellen's coins must be a whole number, and if she only has pennies and dimes, the total value must end in a 1 or a 6 (since each dime adds 10 cents to the total). Therefore, the expression:
11 cents + 10x - 10 cents
must end in a 1 or 6.
Now, we can set up the equation using the above expression and solve for x:
11 + 10x - 10 = 10x + 1
By simplifying this equation, we find:
1 = 1
This equation is true, but it doesn't provide us with any specific value for x. We can conclude that there is no unique solution for the number of dimes Ellen has based on the given information.