A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
One is a nickel and one is a dime. The one that is NOT A NICKEL is the dime!
You have a half dollar and a nickel. One of them, the half dollar, is not a nickel.
It would be a quarter an a nickel. The question said one of the coins is not a nickel, not both.
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The actual wording of this puzzle is "What two coins equal 55 cents if one of them is not a nickel?"The answer of course is a half dollar and a nickel. The half is the coin that's not a nickel.
It is: You have two coins totalling 15 cents, one of them is not a nickel. What are they? The other one is a nickel, and one dime.
25 cents plus 5 cents = 30 cents. One of these coins is not a nickel.
Could the original question be "You have two coins that equal fifty-five cents and one is not a nickel"? If so, the answer would be "one is a half-dollar (not a nickel) and the other one is a nickel".
The correct question is: You have two coins that equal 30 cents, and one of them isn't a nickel. Answer: a quarter and a nickel
a half dollar and a nickel
A nickel and a half dollar. The OTHER coin is the nickel.
The puzzle actually reads "What two coins equal 30 cents but one of them is not a nickel?"The answer of course is a quarter and a nickel. The quarter is the coin that's not a nickel!
Three dimes 30 one-cent coins A quarter and 5 one-cent coins
One is a quarter, the other is a nickel.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
One is a nickel and one is a dime. The one that is NOT A NICKEL is the dime!