What's the minimum amount of change required...

[Popinjay]

What's the minimum amount of change required so that for any one purchase you will always get quarters back? And by amount I mean counted as one coin, two coins, so one penny is the same as one quarter.

[citanul]

are you assuming that you always have adequate bills as well?

citanul

[Popinjay]

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are you assuming that you always have adequate bills as well?

citanul

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yes

[DcifrThs]

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What's the minimum amount of change required so that for any one purchase you will always get quarters back? And by amount I mean counted as one coin, two coins, so one penny is the same as one quarter.

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4 pennys 1 nickle 1 dime and a quarter=7 coins

-Barron

[mostsmooth]

is this question confusing anybody else? (by confusing i mean it doesnt make any sense)

[Beerfund]

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is this question confusing anybody else? (by confusing i mean it doesnt make any sense)

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It made my head hurt [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[DcifrThs]

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is this question confusing anybody else? (by confusing i mean it doesnt make any sense)

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yes and i took it to mean that he will get at least 1 quarter back.

but does he mean exactly 1 quarter? ONLY quarters? i dont know...

-Barron

[Talk2BigSteve]

Throw this one in the Probability section IMHO. They wait all day with their calculators and slide rules for a question just like this. It will make them want to sing "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!" from Ren & Stimpy for the rest of the day!

Big Steve [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[jakethebake]

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is this question confusing anybody else? (by confusing i mean it doesnt make any sense)

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Yes. I have no idea what he's asking. I'd also like to know whether this is supposed to be a riddle, or he's planning on carrying around said change for some reason?

[jason_t]

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What's the minimum amount of change required so that for any one purchase you will always get quarters back? And by amount I mean counted as one coin, two coins, so one penny is the same as one quarter.

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What?