SOLUTION: Bill purchases an item and receives no change. Before the purchase, he had only a five-dollar bill, two ten–dollar bills, and a twenty-dollar bill. How many distinct possibilities
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Question 977080: Bill purchases an item and receives no change. Before the purchase, he had only a five-dollar bill, two ten–dollar bills, and a twenty-dollar bill. How many distinct possibilities are there for the total amount of his purchase? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5 one five
10 one ten
15 one ten and one five
20 2 tens or one twenty
25 (2 tens or one twenty) and one five
30 one twenty and one ten
35 one twenty and one ten and one five
40 one twenty and two tens
45 all bills
9 distinct possibilities
