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Randall purchased a shirt for $19.44 using a $20 bill. If his correct change was returned in only dimes ($0.10) and pennies ($0.01), how many coins could Randall have received?

(A) 9
(B) 21
(C) 29
(D) 37
(E) 44
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Amount to be retuned = $0.56 = 56 Cents.
1 Dime = $0.10 = 10 Cents.
1 Penny = $0.01 = 1 Cent.
Consider X Dimes and Y Pennies are given back. Then, equation can be formed as 10X + 1Y = 56.
Possible values of (X,Y) pairs are (0,56 ), (1,46), (2,36), (3,26), (4,16), (5,6).
So, number of coins received could be 56, 47, 38, 29, 20, 11.
Only 29 is among the options. So, C is the correct answer.
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Randall purchased a shirt for $19.44 using a $20 bill. If his correct change was returned in only dimes ($0.10) and pennies ($0.01), how many coins could Randall have received?

(A) 9
(B) 21
(C) 29
(D) 37
(E) 44
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His return = 20 - 19.44 = $0.56

now 0.1 x + 0.01 y = 0.56

i.e. 10x + y = 56

i.e. (x, y) = (5, 6) or (4, 16) or (3, 26) etc.

i.e. x+y = 11 or 20 or 29

Answer: Option C
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Change due = $ 0.56

If A denotes every $0.10 and B denotes every $0.01, then

Possible combinations using (A) $0.10 and (B) $0.01 are as follows:

1A + 46B --> total 47 coins
2A + 36B --> total 38 coins
3A + 26B --> total 29 coins --> Correct answer!
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Randall purchased a shirt for $19.44 using a $20 bill. If his correct change was returned in only dimes ($0.10) and pennies ($0.01), how many coins could Randall have received?

(A) 9
(B) 21
(C) 29
(D) 37
(E) 44
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Randall received a change of $0.56.

Let \(d\) be the # of dimes & \(p\) be the # of pennies Randall got in return.

Hence we have, \(0.10d + 0.01p = 0.56\)

Multiplying by 100 on both sides, we get

\(10d + p = 56\), hence (d,p), that satisfy the equation are (1,46), (2,36), (3,26), (4,16), (5,6)

# of coins received by Randall can be 47 or 38 or 29 or 20 or 11.

Answer C.

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D + P = Total Coins
5 + 6 = 9
4 + 16 = 20
3 + 26 = 29 Only Direct Hit on the options
2 + 36 = 37
1 + 46 = 47
0 + 56 = 56
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