Suppose there is a pile of quarters, dimes, and pennies with a total value of $1.06. how much of each coin can be present without being able to make change for a dollar? if there are multiple selections of coins that will work, choose the selection with the largest total number of coins.

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I note (a,b,c) the result of a quarters, b dimes and c pennies:

2 solutions:
106=( 3, 3, 1)=( 1, 8, 1)

106=( 0, 0, 106) but : 100= 0*25+ 0*10+ 100
106=( 0, 1, 96) but : 100= 0*25+ 1*10+ 90
106=( 0, 2, 86) but : 100= 0*25+ 2*10+ 80
106=( 0, 3, 76) but : 100= 0*25+ 3*10+ 70
106=( 0, 4, 66) but : 100= 0*25+ 4*10+ 60
106=( 0, 5, 56) but : 100= 0*25+ 5*10+ 50
106=( 0, 6, 46) but : 100= 0*25+ 6*10+ 40
106=( 0, 7, 36) but : 100= 0*25+ 7*10+ 30
106=( 0, 8, 26) but : 100= 0*25+ 8*10+ 20
106=( 0, 9, 16) but : 100= 0*25+ 9*10+ 10
106=( 0, 10, 6) but : 100= 0*25+ 10*10+ 0
106=( 1, 0, 81) but : 100= 1*25+ 0*10+ 75
106=( 1, 1, 71) but : 100= 1*25+ 1*10+ 65
106=( 1, 2, 61) but : 100= 1*25+ 2*10+ 55
106=( 1, 3, 51) but : 100= 1*25+ 3*10+ 45
106=( 1, 4, 41) but : 100= 1*25+ 4*10+ 35
106=( 1, 5, 31) but : 100= 1*25+ 5*10+ 25
106=( 1, 6, 21) but : 100= 1*25+ 6*10+ 15
106=( 1, 7, 11) but : 100= 1*25+ 7*10+ 5
106=( 1, 8, 1) is good
106=( 2, 0, 56) but : 100= 2*25+ 0*10+ 50
106=( 2, 1, 46) but : 100= 2*25+ 1*10+ 40
106=( 2, 2, 36) but : 100= 2*25+ 2*10+ 30
106=( 2, 3, 26) but : 100= 2*25+ 3*10+ 20
106=( 2, 4, 16) but : 100= 2*25+ 4*10+ 10
106=( 2, 5, 6) but : 100= 2*25+ 5*10+ 0
106=( 3, 0, 31) but : 100= 3*25+ 0*10+ 25
106=( 3, 1, 21) but : 100= 3*25+ 1*10+ 15
106=( 3, 2, 11) but : 100= 3*25+ 2*10+ 5
106=( 3, 3, 1) is good
106=( 4, 0, 6) but : 100= 4*25+ 0*10+ 0

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