SOLUTION: A coin-operated telephone at a mall requires 40 cents for a local call. It takes quarters, dimes, and nickel and does not give change. How many combinations of coins could be used

Question 503923: A coin-operated telephone at a mall requires 40 cents for a local call. It takes quarters, dimes, and nickel and does not give change. How many combinations of coins could be used to make a local call?
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Enumeration of the total possibilities

Quarters	Dimes	Nickels	Total Cents
1	1	1	40
1	0	3	40
0	4	0	40
0	3	2	40
0	2	4	40
0	1	6	40
0	0	8	40

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