document.write( "Question 1185290: You have 1 dollar in change . You have at least one of each coin less than a
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You have 1 dollar in change . You have at least one of each coin less than a
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document.write( "3 quarters, 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 5 pennies. That's 11 coins.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Instead of using forty, we increase forty by 20, getting 60.\r\n" );
document.write( "Instead of taking a fourth, we take a tenth, getting 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Instead of using twenty, we increase twenty by 20, getting 40.\r\n" );
document.write( "Instead of taking a fourth, we take a tenth, getting 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's one way it could be.  There are plenty of other ways.\r\n" );
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