Your job is to figure out how to make a "silver mile". Here in the United States we could do this with nickels, dimes, quarters,

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Nookie1986 [14]

2 years ago

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Your job is to figure out how to make a "silver mile". Here in the United States we could do this with nickels, dimes, quarters,

half-dollars, or silver dollars. I found on the United States Mint website that the Susan B. Anthony silver dollar was 1.04 inches in diameter. Making a mile using just this coin would be an easy calculation. We need a more interesting challenge. We are going to create a silver mile following a specific set of rules. You may need to cover a little more than the required distance since you cannot use fractional parts of the coins. Here are the rules:
1) Lay down enough Susan B. Anthony silver dollars to cover half of the mile.

2) Cover one-third of the remaining distance with half-dollars.

3) Use quarters to cover one-fourth of the remaining distance.

4) With dimes, cover one-fifth of the remaining distance,

5) Fill in the remaining distance with nickels.

What is the total value of the coins in this mile?

Please support this by showing evidence. Thanks a lot :)

Mathematics