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Using dimensional analysis and showing your work calculate how many nickels are in twenty dollars

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Answer to a math question Using dimensional analysis and showing your work calculate how many nickels are in twenty dollars

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1. **Value of a nickel**:
1 \text{ nickel} = 0.05 \text{ dollars}

2. **Conversion to nickels**:
20 \text{ dollars} \times \frac{1 \text{ nickel}}{0.05 \text{ dollars}}

3. **Calculate**:
\frac{20}{0.05} = 400

**Answer**: 400 \text{ nickels}

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