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six coins in your pocket: 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, $1, $2. How many different sums of money can you make?

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Answer:

You can make 64 different sums (which includes a sum of $0 using none of the coins).

Explanation:

The number of sums you can make is equal to:

⁶C₀ + ⁶C₁ + ⁶C₂ + ⁶C₃ + ⁶C₄ + ⁶C₅ +⁶C₆ = 1 + 6 + 15 + 20 + 15 + 6 + 1 = 64

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