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Pennies, Dimes, and Quarters (Posted on 2009-02-17) Difficulty: 2 of 5
In my left pocket I have a mix of pennies (1 cent) and quarters (25 cents). In my right pocket I have a bunch of dimes (10 cents). The number of coins in each pocket is the same, so is the cash value. What is the smallest (nonzero) number of coins I can have?

What if I had coins of x cents and z cents in my left pocket and coins of y cents in my right pocket - is there some quantitiy of coins I can have so that each pocket has the same number of coins and same cash value? (The value of the coins are positive integers x > y > z.)

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Some Thoughts Confucius- he say; SEM-SIN (= SAME THING) | Comment 10 of 11 |

Having some spare time and nothing better to do I read  all the posts.

As it oten happens:-

All  those solutions are isomorphic


  Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2009-02-18 08:48:36
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