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I want to buy a $1.00 newspaper. I have just enough pennies $0.01, nickels $0.05, dimes $0.10, and quarters $0.25...

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I want to buy a $1.00 newspaper. I have just enough pennies $0.01, nickels $0.05, dimes $0.10, and quarters $0.25 to buy the newspaper in every possible exact-change combination of those coins.

How many coins do I have?

posted Dec 11, 2018 by anonymous
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The question is not clear.
If I want to make any combination possible using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters I would need:
100 pennies
20 nickels
10 dimes
4 quarters
= 134 coins.
But I do not think that is what you mean.

answer Dec 11, 2018 by Jcm

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