2006-11-30 14:02:32 · 6 answers · asked by acemccloud150 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Give some one two dimes and ask him/her to give you two quaters. The difference is 30 cents. No nickle involved. There!!! You only used two coins.
2006-11-30 14:08:32 · answer #1 · answered by pkababa 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's actually a riddle that goes as follows:
Two coins equal 30 cents. But one of them isn't a nickel. What are the two coins?
The answer: a quarter and a nickel.
Protester: But one of them can't be a nickel!
Riddler: No, I said one of them ISN'T a nickel. The quarter is NOT a nickel!
So if your question is based on that, then that's the answer. Otherwise your question has no solution.
2006-11-30 22:07:43 · answer #2 · answered by Puggy 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You'll HAVE 30 cents with 2 quarters. (plus an additional 20 cents.)
2006-11-30 22:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This question was on an episode of SCRUBS titled "My Lucky Night"
The final punchline anwser was:
A penny and a 1972 dime with a Roosevelt imperfection, today worth exactly twenty-nine cents.
2006-11-30 22:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, you could go back to the 1860s and get a twenty cent piece and a dime.
2006-11-30 22:05:48 · answer #5 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you don't
2006-11-30 22:06:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋