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Re:27 Jobs with Unbelievably Tough Interview Questions by mrlyc on Friday February 24, 2017 @07:38AM (#13723046)
> “Give me 48 cents using six coins. Tell me quantity and value of the six coins.”

That's easy. 2 x 20c and 4 x 2c.

Nobody said the coins had to be American and still in circulation.

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Re:27 Jobs with Unbelievably Tough Interview Questions by DannyBee on Friday February 24, 2017 @07:55AM (#13723160)
It's not hard anyway?

It seems like it would take about a minute to work it out.

1x25c 2x10c 3x1c

It's pretty nearly the first thing you'd probably try. (2 quarters can't work, so it must be 1 or zero, let's assume one, 23 cents left, 3 dimes can't work, let's assume 2, 3 cents left, no nickels can work, 3 pennies, done)

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Re:27 Jobs with Unbelievably Tough Interview Questions by ztbrown on Friday February 24, 2017 @07:52AM (#13723132)
Quarter, dime, dime, penny, penny, penny.
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