You have a jar of 90 nickels and a jar of 90 pennies. You perform the...

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You have a jar of 90 nickels and a jar of 90 pennies. You perform the following processes. (1) Transfer 10 nickels to the jar of pennies and mix thoroughly; then (2) transfer 10 coins from the contaminated pennies back to the jar with nickels. Which of the following is true? Explain. (a) The amount of pennies in the jar of mostly nickels is greater than the amount of nickels in the jar of mostly pennies. (b) The amount of pennies in the jar of mostly nickels is the equal to the amount of nickels in the jar of mostly pennies. (c) The amount of nickels in the jar of mostly pennies is greater than the amount of penies in the jar of mostly nickels. You have a jar of 90 nickels and a jar of 90 pennies. You perform the following processes. (1) Transfer 10 nickels to the jar of pennies and mix thoroughly; then (2) transfer 10 coins from the contaminated pennies back to the jar with nickels. Which of the following is true? Explain. (a) The amount of pennies in the jar of mostly nickels is greater than the amount of nickels in the jar of mostly pennies. (b) The amount of pennies in the jar of mostly nickels is the equal to the amount of nickels in the jar of mostly pennies. (c) The amount of nickels in the jar of mostly pennies is greater than the amount of penies in the jar of mostly nickels.