Stephanie knows that don has a bunch of nickels and dimes in his pocket and that the total amount is $3.25

The quantity of currency  in the pockets does Stephanie has is 45 nickles and 10 dims  .

Step-by-step explanation:

Given as :

The total amount of money does Stephanie have = $ 3.25

The total money is in the form of nickels and dimes

Let the number of nickels = n

And The number of dims = d

∵ we know that 20 nickles makes 1 dollar

And 10 dimes makes 1 dollar

So , in total of 3.25 dollar the number of dime and nickles be

∵ 20 nickles makes 1 dollar

∴ 45 nickles will makes × 45 dollar

I.e 45 nickles will makes 2.25 dollar

Now, ∵ 10 dimes will make 1 dollar

So, The total number of nickles and dimes satisfying equation

45 nickles + 10 dimes = 2.25 dollar + 1 dollar = 3.25 dollar

Hence The quantity of currency  in the pockets does Stephanie has is 45 nickles and 10 dims  . Answer

the answers c

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents