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Puzzle ID:	#405
Fun:	(2.3)
Difficulty:	(1.68)
Category:	Math
Submitted By:	Mr. G

What fifty (American) coins equal exactly one dollar?

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Rado Nov 01, 2001	What about 45 pennies, 2 nickels, 2 dimes and a quarter?
dewtell Jul 31, 2002	That also works. In general, you can substitute a quarter and 23 pennies (24 coins, 48 cents) for 6 nickels and 18 pennies (also 24 coins and 48 cents), but you can only do that once to the initial solution. The key to this problem is to recognize that the average value has to be 2 cents per coin, so you need to group enough pennies with each larger coin to keep the average of each group at 2 cents per coin.
beetee Aug 01, 2003	THE US MINTED A 2CENT PIECE FOR SOME YEARS 1800'S
canu Jul 13, 2004	Information on US 2-cent coins: www.coinfacts.com/two_cents/two_cents_by_date.html
Question_Mark Oct 27, 2005	If this was the UK, it would be: 40 1p's, 2 10p's, 8 5p's (£1).
Question_Mark Nov 02, 2005	Wait! Here is the UK's more sensible option. 50 2p's .
SPUTNIK2 Feb 06, 2006	good one!
Atropus Feb 12, 2006	2p coins sound like the way to go ^_^ My country (New Zealand) got rid of 2c coins in 1989-1990. We are about to lose 5c coins also. Then again, most transactions here are electronic.
gorillazgirl Jul 03, 2006	that was fun!!
rrn0rrnrrnY Sep 08, 2006	I agree with Rado, but don't mind that there isn't just one answer. I enjoyed thinking it out without it giving me a headache. Thanks for a good teaser!
LeafFan4life Mar 04, 2007	E and Z are weid letters but when put togetherr they make ez and i dont know what ez means!! well ne way this one was easy