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Benny has 53 cents in change. he has 8 coins. he has only one dime. what combination of coins does benny have?

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a dime is 10 cents, if he has two nickels that would be 10 cents again. So we have 20 right now.
If he has two more nickels he has 30 cents!
And two more would be 40 cents!
ANd if he has 13 pennies, then he has:
6 nickels, a dime, and 13 pennies

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