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The puzzle is actually stated "How can you make 55 cents with two coins if one isn't a nickel?", which rules out the use of quarters and pennies.
The answer is a half dollar and a nickel. The trick is that the question says only one can't be a nickel, it doesn't say they both can't be nickels.
That's a trick question that usually goes, "one of them isn't a nickel." The answer is a half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
A nickel is 5 cents, so 55 nickels = 55*5 = 275 cents, or $2.75
To make 55 cents using 12 coins, you could use 3 quarters (25 cents each), 1 nickel (5 cents), and 8 pennies (1 cent each). This combination adds up to 75 cents from the quarters, 5 cents from the nickel, and 8 cents from the pennies, totaling 55 cents.
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A 50 cent piece and a nickel.
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.
That's a trick question that usually goes, "one of them isn't a nickel." The answer is a half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
That's a trick question that usually goes, "one of them isn't a nickel." The answer is a half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
To make 55 cents using 5 coins, you can use 1 half dollar (50 cents), 1 nickel (5 cents), and 3 pennies (3 cents). This combination adds up to 55 cents: 50 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 55.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
Two quarters equal 50 cents, and a nickel adds 5 cents, giving a total of 55 cents. Since a dollar is 100 cents, 55 cents is 55% of a dollar.
A fifty cent piece and a nickel equals 55 cents. If it's a riddle stating, "I have two coins that equals 55 cents, and one is not a nickel", the answer is still a fifty cent coin and a nickel. One is not a nickel, but the other one is.
The answer to the question as written is no. The smallest number would be 4 coins: 1 quarter, 4 dimesHowever the question isn't correctly written. It's a actually brain teaser that asks, "Can you make 55 cents using two coins if one of them is not a nickel?" The answer of course is a half dollar and a nickel - the half dollar is the coin that's not a nickel!
Half dollar
A nickel is 5 cents, so 55 nickels = 55*5 = 275 cents, or $2.75
To make 55 cents using 12 coins, you could use 3 quarters (25 cents each), 1 nickel (5 cents), and 8 pennies (1 cent each). This combination adds up to 75 cents from the quarters, 5 cents from the nickel, and 8 cents from the pennies, totaling 55 cents.
a nickel (5 cents) and a half-dollar (50 cents)