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jimmy has a bag that contains 50 coins. the total value of these coins is 1.00
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document.write( "If he had 1 quarter, 1 dime, and 1 nickel, that would be 40 cents, and he'd\r\n" );
document.write( "need 60 pennies.  That'd be 63 coins. Too many!\r\n" );
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document.write( "If he had 2 quarters, 1 dime, and 1 nickel, that would be 65 cents, and he'd\r\n" );
document.write( "need 35 pennies. That'd be 39 coins. Too few!\r\n" );
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document.write( "So he can only have 1 quarter. \r\n" );
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document.write( "If he had 1 quarter, 2 dimes, and 1 nickel, that would be 45 cents, and he'd\r\n" );
document.write( "need 55 pennies.  That'd be 59 coins. Too many!\r\n" );
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document.write( "If he had 1 quarter, 3 dimes, and 1 nickel, that would be 60 cents, and he'd\r\n" );
document.write( "need 40 pennies.  That'd be 45 coins. Too few!\r\n" );
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document.write( "So he can only have 2 dimes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If he had 1 quarter, 2 dimes, and 2 nickels, that would be 50 cents, and he'd\r\n" );
document.write( "need 45 pennies.  That'd be 50 coins.  Hey! Cool!  That's the answer!\r\n" );
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