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# You have access to an unlimited number of each of the following coins:

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GMATH practice exercise (Quant Class 3)

You have access to an unlimited number of each of the following coins: pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Which of the following amounts CAN be made using exactly 6 of these coins?

I. 76 cents
II. 81 cents
III. 29 cents
IV. 101 cents

(A) None of them
(B) Exactly one of them
(C) Exactly two of them
(D) Exactly three of them
(E) All of them

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25 Feb 2019, 08:15
fskilnik wrote:
GMATH practice exercise (Quant Class 3)

You have access to an unlimited number of each of the following coins: pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Which of the following amounts CAN be made using exactly 6 of these coins?

I. 76 cents
II. 81 cents
III. 29 cents
IV. 101 cents

(A) None of them
(B) Exactly one of them
(C) Exactly two of them
(D) Exactly three of them
(E) All of them

Quarter= 25 cents

Dime= 10 cents

Nickel= 5 cents

Penny= 1 cent

option
I. 76 cents ; 25*2 + 10*2 +5*1+1*1
II. 81 cents ; 25*2 + 3*10+ 1*1
are only possible
IMO C only two possible
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25 Feb 2019, 12:55
fskilnik wrote:
GMATH practice exercise (Quant Class 3)

You have access to an unlimited number of each of the following coins: pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Which of the following amounts CAN be made using exactly 6 of these coins?

I. 76 cents
II. 81 cents
III. 29 cents
IV. 101 cents

(A) None of them
(B) Exactly one of them
(C) Exactly two of them
(D) Exactly three of them
(E) All of them

$$?\,\,\,:\,\,\,{\rm{possible}}\,\,{\rm{amounts}}\,\,\,\,\left( {{\rm{with}}\,\,6\,\,{\rm{coins}}} \right)$$

$${\rm{I}}.\,\,\,76 = 1 \cdot 1 + 3 \cdot 25 = 1 \cdot 1 + 2 \cdot 25 + 2 \cdot 10 + 1 \cdot 5\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,1\,{\rm{penny}}\,,\,\,1\,{\rm{nickel}}\,,\,\,2\,\,{\rm{dimes}}\,,\,\,2\,\,{\rm{quarters}}\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,{\rm{possible!}}$$

$${\rm{II}}.\,\,81 = 76 + 5 = 1 \cdot 1 + 2 \cdot 25 + 3 \cdot 10\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,1\,{\rm{penny}}\,,\,\,3\,\,{\rm{dimes}}\,,\,\,2\,\,{\rm{quarters}}\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,{\rm{possible!}}$$

$${\rm{III}}{\rm{.}}\,\,29\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,4\,{\rm{pennies\,\, ARE\,}}\,\,{\rm{needed}} \ldots \,\,{\rm{exactly}}\,\,{\rm{2}}\,\,{\rm{coins}}\,\,{\rm{for}}\,\,25{\rm{?}}\,\,\,{\rm{impossible}}!$$

$${\rm{IV}}{\rm{.}}\,\,{\rm{101}}\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,1\,{\rm{penny\,\, IS}}\,\,{\rm{needed}} \ldots \,\,{\rm{5}}\,\,{\rm{coins}}\,\,{\rm{for}}\,\,{\rm{100?}}\,\,\,\left\{ \matrix{ \,4 \cdot 25\,\,{\rm{impossible}}\,\,\left( {{\rm{only}}\,\,5\,\,{\rm{coins}}\,\,{\rm{in}}\,\,{\rm{total}}} \right) \hfill \cr \,3 \cdot 25\,\,{\rm{impossible}}\,\,\left( {2\,\,{\rm{not - quarters}}\,\,{\rm{adding}}\,\,25?} \right) \hfill \cr \,2 \cdot 25\,\,{\rm{impossible }}\left( {3\,\,{\rm{not - quarters}}\,\,{\rm{adding}}\,\,50?} \right) \hfill \cr \,1 \cdot 25\,\,{\rm{impossible }}\left( {4\,\,{\rm{not - quarters}}\,\,{\rm{adding}}\,\,75?} \right)\, \hfill \cr} \right.$$

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