Question 178960
so we have pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
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we know pennies are the lowest priced coin, so that should give us the maximum amount of coins used:let p be pennies
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we know quarters are the highest priced coin so that should give us the minimum amount of coins. Let q be quarters
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b).01p=1
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p=100 ....so 100 pennies would be the maximum amount of coins he could have
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a).25q=1
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q=4.....so 4 quarters would be the minimum amount of coins he could have