How to Make 50 Cents Using Only Four Coins?

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[SOLVED] Funny Money Problem

Make 50cent's with only using four coin's and you cannot use quarter's.

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1. American money only.
2. Must use all four coin's.
3. No cuting coin's.
4. Cannot use more that four coin's.
5. Cannot use quarter's to create 50 cent's.
6. When i say 50 cent's i mean half of one dollar.
7. Must use coin's at today's present vaule.
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Noone said:
Make 50cent's with only using four coin's and you cannot use quarter's.

I think it is ok...

One nickel (5 cents) + Two dimes (10+10 cents) + ONE Quarter (250 cents).

As you can see, I've used just ONE quarter! (instead quarter's)

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i was hoping you would show logic to show what must be correct, and point out why it must be what you said, but i gusse you must have heared this one before :/
 
Noone said:
i was hoping you would show logic to show what must be correct, and point out why it must be what you said, but i gusse you must have heared this one before :/

logic to show...?! C'mon, the conclusion is obvious: there isn't a different way to make 50 cents using 4 coins.

I just had to read 3 or 4 times to get
- it was a "funny problem" ,
- and I couldn't "use quarter's"...

It took about 3 minutes to solve this problem.

Well. if you really like logic problems, try to solve this one:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=225622

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You used apostorphe to pluralize. That is a no-no!

So yeah, one quarter, and 5 nickels for all I care. 4 coin's? What do they own? Value lol.