A friend of mine, Sol announces that he has a number of coins in his pocket that add up to precisely one dollar. When he tells me how many coins he has, I ask if any one of them is a half-dollar. Sol tells me "no". I realize that I can't tell for sure what coins he has, because there are six different combinations that produce precisely one dollar.
How many coins does Sol have in his pocket?
There are 15 coins in Sol's pocket:
qrtrs dimes nickls pennies total coins
4 0 0 0 4
3 2 1 0 6
2 5 0 0 7
3 1 3 0 7
2 4 2 0 8
3 0 5 0 8
1 7 1 0 9
2 3 4 0 9
0 10 0 0 10
1 6 3 0 10
2 2 6 0 10
3 2 0 5 10
0 9 2 0 11
1 5 5 0 11
2 1 8 0 11
3 1 2 5 11
0 8 4 0 12
1 4 7 0 12
2 0 10 0 12
2 4 1 5 12
3 0 4 5 12
0 7 6 0 13
1 3 9 0 13
1 7 0 5 13
2 3 3 5 13
0 6 8 0 14
1 2 11 0 14
1 6 2 5 14
2 2 5 5 14
0 5 10 0 15
0 9 1 5 15
1 1 13 0 15
1 5 4 5 15
2 1 7 5 15
3 1 1 10 15
0 4 12 0 16
0 8 3 5 16
1 0 15 0 16
1 4 6 5 16
2 0 9 5 16
2 4 0 10 16
3 0 3 10 16
0 3 14 0 17
0 7 5 5 17
1 3 8 5 17
2 3 2 10 17
0 2 16 0 18
0 6 7 5 18
1 2 10 5 18
1 6 1 10 18
2 2 4 10 18
0 1 18 0 19
0 5 9 5 19
0 9 0 10 19
1 1 12 5 19
1 5 3 10 19
2 1 6 10 19
3 1 0 15 19
0 0 20 0 20
0 4 11 5 20
0 8 2 10 20
1 0 14 5 20
1 4 5 10 20
2 0 8 10 20
3 0 2 15 20
0 3 13 5 21
0 7 4 10 21
1 3 7 10 21
2 3 1 15 21
0 2 15 5 22
0 6 6 10 22
1 2 9 10 22
1 6 0 15 22
2 2 3 15 22
0 1 17 5 23
0 5 8 10 23
1 1 11 10 23
1 5 2 15 23
2 1 5 15 23
0 0 19 5 24
0 4 10 10 24
0 8 1 15 24
1 0 13 10 24
1 4 4 15 24
2 0 7 15 24
3 0 1 20 24
0 3 12 10 25
0 7 3 15 25
1 3 6 15 25
2 3 0 20 25
0 2 14 10 26
0 6 5 15 26
1 2 8 15 26
2 2 2 20 26
0 1 16 10 27
0 5 7 15 27
1 1 10 15 27
1 5 1 20 27
2 1 4 20 27
0 0 18 10 28
0 4 9 15 28
0 8 0 20 28
1 0 12 15 28
1 4 3 20 28
2 0 6 20 28
3 0 0 25 28
0 3 11 15 29
0 7 2 20 29
1 3 5 20 29
0 2 13 15 30
0 6 4 20 30
1 2 7 20 30
2 2 1 25 30
0 1 15 15 31
0 5 6 20 31
1 1 9 20 31
1 5 0 25 31
2 1 3 25 31
0 0 17 15 32
0 4 8 20 32
1 0 11 20 32
1 4 2 25 32
2 0 5 25 32
0 3 10 20 33
0 7 1 25 33
1 3 4 25 33
0 2 12 20 34
0 6 3 25 34
1 2 6 25 34
2 2 0 30 34
0 1 14 20 35
0 5 5 25 35
1 1 8 25 35
2 1 2 30 35
0 0 16 20 36
0 4 7 25 36
1 0 10 25 36
1 4 1 30 36
2 0 4 30 36
0 3 9 25 37
0 7 0 30 37
1 3 3 30 37
0 2 11 25 38
0 6 2 30 38
1 2 5 30 38
0 1 13 25 39
0 5 4 30 39
1 1 7 30 39
2 1 1 35 39
0 0 15 25 40
0 4 6 30 40
1 0 9 30 40
1 4 0 35 40
2 0 3 35 40
0 3 8 30 41
1 3 2 35 41
0 2 10 30 42
0 6 1 35 42
1 2 4 35 42
0 1 12 30 43
0 5 3 35 43
1 1 6 35 43
2 1 0 40 43
0 0 14 30 44
0 4 5 35 44
1 0 8 35 44
2 0 2 40 44
0 3 7 35 45
1 3 1 40 45
0 2 9 35 46
0 6 0 40 46
1 2 3 40 46
0 1 11 35 47
0 5 2 40 47
1 1 5 40 47
0 0 13 35 48
0 4 4 40 48
1 0 7 40 48
2 0 1 45 48
0 3 6 40 49
1 3 0 45 49
0 2 8 40 50
1 2 2 45 50
0 1 10 40 51
0 5 1 45 51
1 1 4 45 51
0 0 12 40 52
0 4 3 45 52
1 0 6 45 52
2 0 0 50 52
0 3 5 45 53
0 2 7 45 54
1 2 1 50 54
0 1 9 45 55
0 5 0 50 55
1 1 3 50 55
0 0 11 45 56
0 4 2 50 56
1 0 5 50 56
0 3 4 50 57
0 2 6 50 58
1 2 0 55 58
0 1 8 50 59
1 1 2 55 59
0 0 10 50 60
0 4 1 55 60
1 0 4 55 60
0 3 3 55 61
0 2 5 55 62
0 1 7 55 63
1 1 1 60 63
0 0 9 55 64
0 4 0 60 64
1 0 3 60 64
0 3 2 60 65
0 2 4 60 66
0 1 6 60 67
1 1 0 65 67
0 0 8 60 68
1 0 2 65 68
0 3 1 65 69
0 2 3 65 70
0 1 5 65 71
0 0 7 65 72
1 0 1 70 72
0 3 0 70 73
0 2 2 70 74
0 1 4 70 75
0 0 6 70 76
1 0 0 75 76
0 2 1 75 78
0 1 3 75 79
0 0 5 75 80
0 2 0 80 82
0 1 2 80 83
0 0 4 80 84
0 1 1 85 87
0 0 3 85 88
0 1 0 90 91
0 0 2 90 92
0 0 1 95 96
0 0 0 100 100
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Posted by Charlie
on 2013-07-30 16:23:03 |