Sam lifted up the cushion of her couch and found 16 coins totaling $1.08. All 16 coins were pennies, nickels, or dimes. The number of dimes is equal to the sum of the number of pennies and number of nickels. Many of each did she find?

1.   an exact solution requires a radical solution - no decimal approximation.2. (a)4x^3 = 756x^3 = 756/4 = 189x =   cube root of 189 =   5.74   to nearest hundredth answer(b)   189 = 3*3*3*7   so we can write the cube root of 189 as 3∛7 answerchecking (a) 4*(5.74^3 =   756.48   which is very close(b)   4* ((3∛3)^3   = 4*189   = 756   - spot on! 3. i would use solution b because the original question asked for an exact solution.