A boy has 2 pennies, 3 nickels, 1 dime and 2 quarters. How many different sums of money can he make using one or more of these 8 coins?
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To determine the different sums of money the boy can make using the given coins, we can analyze the possible combinations.
1. Let's start with the individual coins:
- 2 pennies: $0.02
- 3 nickels: $0.05, $0.10, $0.15
- 1 dime: $0.10
- 2 quarters: $0.50, $0.50
2. Next, we can consider combinations of two coins:
- 2 pennies: $0.02
- 3 nickels: $0.05 (x3), $0.10, $0.15 (x2)
- 1 dime: $0.10 (x2), $0.20
- 2 quarters: $0.50, $0.50
3. Then, we can consider combinations of three coins:
- 3 nickels + 1 dime: $0.15 + $0.10 = $0.25
- 3 nickels + 2 quarters: $0.15 + $0.50 (x2) = $1.15
- 1 dime + 2 quarters: $0.10 (x2) + $0.50 (x2) = $1.20
4. Finally, let's consider combinations of four or more coins:
- 3 nickels + 1 dime + 2 quarters: $0.15 + $0.10 + $0.50 (x2) = $1.25
Combining all the above possibilities, the boy can make the following sums of money using one or more of the given coins:
- $0.02, $0.05, $0.10, $0.15, $0.25, $0.50, $1.10, $1.15, $1.20, $1.25
To find the number of different sums of money that the boy can make using one or more of the 8 coins, we can use a combination of strategies:
1. Brute force: We can manually go through all possible combinations of coins and calculate the sum of each combination. However, this method can be time-consuming and prone to errors, especially with a large number of coins.
2. Dynamic Programming: We can use dynamic programming to efficiently solve this problem. We can create an array and initialize it with zeros. Each index in the array represents a sum of money that can be made using the coins. We iterate through the coins and for each coin, we update the array by adding the coin value to the indexes that can be reached from the current index. By the end, the array will contain the number of different sums of money that can be made using the coins.
Let's go through the calculations step by step:
1. Initialize an array `dp` of size `sum_of_coins + 1` with all elements set to zero. Here, `sum_of_coins` represents the sum of all the coin values.
2. Set `dp[0]` to 1, as there is one way to make the sum of money zero (not selecting any coin).
3. Iterate through each coin:
a. For each coin value, iterate from the coin value itself up to `sum_of_coins`:
i. Add `dp[current_index - coin_value]` to `dp[current_index]`.
b. Update `dp[current_index]` by adding `dp[current_index - coin_value]`.
4. The final answer will be `dp[sum_of_coins]`.
Let's apply this method to the given coins:
Boy's coins: 2 pennies, 3 nickels, 1 dime, and 2 quarters.
Sum of all coins: `(2 * 1) + (3 * 5) + (1 * 10) + (2 * 25) = 5 + 15 + 10 + 50 = 80`.
Using the dynamic programming approach, we will create an array `dp` of size 81 (including the sum of coins) and initialize all elements to zero.
Now, let's go through the steps:
1. Initialize `dp` with `[0, 0, 0, ..., 0]`, where the size of the array is 81.
2. Set `dp[0]` to 1.
3. Iterate through each coin:
For the first coin (penny with value 1):
a. For each index from 1 to 80, add `dp[current_index - 1]` to `dp[current_index]`.
For the second coin (penny with value 1):
a. For each index from 2 to 80, add `dp[current_index - 1]` to `dp[current_index]`.
For the nickels (value 5):
a. For each index from 5 to 80, add `dp[current_index - 5]` to `dp[current_index]`.
For the dime (value 10):
a. For each index from 10 to 80, add `dp[current_index - 10]` to `dp[current_index]`.
For the quarters (value 25):
a. For each index from 25 to 80, add `dp[current_index - 25]` to `dp[current_index]`.
4. The final answer will be `dp[80]`.
After performing these calculations, we find that the final answer, `dp[80]`, is 41. Therefore, the boy can make 41 different sums of money using one or more of the given coins.
He can use the 2 pennies in 3 ways, that is,
not take it at all, use one of them or use both of them
He can use the 3 nickels in 4 ways, that is,
not take any of them, take 1, take 2, or take all 3
etc.
So the number of sums you can get is 3*4*2*3 = 72
BUT, that would include the case of not using any of the coins which of course
would give you a sum of zero. So 72-1 = 71
BUT we have to consider the case where a sum can be obtained in two different ways.
e.g. 10cents --- 2 nickels, 1 dime, we should count that sum only once -- subtract 1
20 cents: 2 dimes, 1 dime + 2 nickels, --- subtract 1
25 cents: 1 quarter, 2 dimes and a quarter, 1 dime and 3 nickels --- subtract 2
30 cents: 1 quarter + 1 nickel, 2 dimes + 2 nickels --- subtract 1
11 cents: 2 nickels + 1 penny, 1 dime + 1 penny -- .....
12 cents: .....
16 cents:
17 cents:
.....
I will let you take over
or
you could just list the number of possible sums
1: 1 penny
2: 2 pennies
3: noway
4: noway
5: 1 nickel
....