SOLUTION: The left pocket has a penny, a nickle and a dime. The right pocket has a penny, a dime and a quarter. How do I do a table to determine all the possible amounts of money I might ge

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Question 894062: The left pocket has a penny, a nickle and a dime. The right pocket has a penny, a dime and a quarter. How do I do a table to determine all the possible amounts of money I might get ?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I assume you mean choosing one coin from the left, one coin from the right?
Look at all the possible out comes.
I'll put them in Left Hand, Right Hand pairs.
PP PD PQ
NP ND NQ
DP DD DQ
Now you can go through each pair and get the totals.