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by sanju09 » Thu May 13, 2010 4:57 am
In how many ways can one make 45 cents in change using only nickels, dimes, and quarters, when any coin can be used for any possible number of times?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10
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by tpr-becky » Thu May 13, 2010 4:53 pm
While I am sure there is a formula I did this quickly through logic-

Can't have 2 Quarters because that is too much
so if you have on quarter you need to add $.20 -

you can do $.20 with 2 dimes, 1 dime with 2 nickels, or 4 nickels (3 ways)

Or you can use zero quarters you'd need 4 dimes and 1 nickel, 3 dimes and 3 nickels, 2 dimes and 5 nickels, 1 dime and 7 nickels or 0 dimes and 9 nickels (5 ways)

For a total of 8 ways.

My logic went - how many ways if I use a quarter, and how many ways if I don't use a quarter.
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by pardeep_10sharma » Fri May 14, 2010 4:54 am
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tpr-becky wrote:While I am sure there is a formula I did this quickly through logic-

Can't have 2 Quarters because that is too much
so if you have on quarter you need to add $.20 -

you can do $.20 with 2 dimes, 1 dime with 2 nickels, or 4 nickels (3 ways)

Or you can use zero quarters you'd need 4 dimes and 1 nickel, 3 dimes and 3 nickels, 2 dimes and 5 nickels, 1 dime and 7 nickels or 0 dimes and 9 nickels (5 ways)

For a total of 8 ways.

My logic went - how many ways if I use a quarter, and how many ways if I don't use a quarter.

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by cager » Fri May 14, 2010 6:26 am
thanks. does anyone know the formula?
in case there are questions that have more combination's than this.