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Combining Coefficients in Cash Audits

In a retail cash audit where the number of nickels is 'two more than ten times' the number of pennies (pp), the simplified equation involves combining the variable terms 0.01p (from pennies) and 0.50p (from nickels). What is the resulting single numerical coefficient for the variable pp after these terms are combined?

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