Dockwalliper Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 For a prize to be determined....... During the Calander year 2005 I recovered exactly 4800 coins with my detector. Of that total 162 were Foriegn(non-US) That leaves 4638 coins with a face value of $294.59. Here's the contest part.... How many of each coin did I find? Cent Nickel Dime Quarter Half dollar dollar You guess a number for each denomination, I will respond with, Too high, too low or correct. First to get all the numbers correct wins. You can guess again when the time stamp on your last guess is 12 hours old. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cent - 2189 Nickel - 1056 Dime - 874 Quarter - 512 Half dollar - 0 dollar - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cent - 2189 LowNickel - 1056 High Dime - 874 Low Quarter - 512 Low Half dollar - 0 Low dollar - 1 High Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cent - 2973 Nickel - 602 Dime - 920 Quarter - 579 Half dollar - 2 dollar - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cent - 2973 HighNickel - 602 High Dime - 920 Low Quarter - 579 High Half dollar - 2 High dollar - 0 Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 OK, here is my guess: Cents: 2,523 Nickels: 318 Dimes: 1,275 Quarters: 515 Halves: 1 Dollars: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 OK, here is my guess: Cents: 2,523 High Nickels: 318 Low Dimes: 1,275 High Quarters: 515 Low Halves: 1 Correct Dollars: 0 Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents: 1938 Nickels: 912 Dimes: 781 Quarters: 1000 Halves: 1 Dollars: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents: 1938 LowNickels: 912 High Dimes: 781 Low Quarters: 1000 High Halves: 1 Correct Dollars: 0 Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents - 2473 Nickels - 473 Dimes - 1115 Quarters - 550 Halves - 1 Dollars - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents - 2493 Nickels - 474 Dimes - 1115 Quarters - 549 Halves - 1 Dollars - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents - 2473 LowNickels - 473 Low Dimes - 1115 High Quarters - 550 High Halves - 1 Correct Dollars - 0 Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents - 2493 LowNickels - 474 Low Dimes - 1115 High Quarters - 549 High Halves - 1 Correct Dollars - 0 Correct gettin' close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents - 2544 Nickel - 765 Dime - 986 Quarter - 334 Halves - 1 Dollars - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents - 2544 HighNickel - 765 High Dime - 986 Low Quarter - 334 Low Halves - 1 Correct Dollars - 0 Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents 2503 Nickels 512 Dimes 1100 Quarters 548 Halves 1 Dollar 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 My second guess: cents: 2,494 nickels: 475 dimes: 1,114 quarters: 548 halves: 1 dollars: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 My second guess: cents: 2,494 nickels: 475 dimes: 1,114 quarters: 548 halves: 1 dollars: 0 The sum of cents can be only with 3 or 8 at the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents: 2501 Nickels: 574 Dimes: 1006 Quarters: 532 Halves: 1 Dollars: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotten Rodney Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cents - 2518 Nickel - 542 Dime - 950 Quarter - 492 Halves - 1 Dollars - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 The sum of cents can be only with 3 or 8 at the end... Well, according to excel, there is no feasible solution trying every number of cents between 2493 and 2523 so there must be some sort of math error somewhere! By the way, your last quess had too many coins (4,664 vs. 4,632). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Ok, let's try one more tme: 2503 cents=25.03$ 471 nickels=23.55$ 1103nickels=110.30$ 554quarters=138.50$ 1 half dollar=0.50$ Total: 4632 coins in amount of 297.88$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Ok, let's try one more tme:2503 cents=25.03$ 471 nickels=23.55$ 1103nickels=110.30$ 554quarters=138.50$ 1 half dollar=0.50$ Total: 4632 coins in amount of 297.88$ Although this works, Doc has already stated that 550 quarters was too high (so 554 is out), and 473 nickels was too low (so 471 is out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yep, you're right. I will wait 12 hours to make another try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Certainly I don't have the patience to do this manually, so I have programmed all the constraints into excel, and despite going through thousands of iterations, there is no feasible solution based on the current set of constraints. So there might be an error in here somewhere! My last guess was screwy because I forgot to set the sensitivity to 0 instead of 5%. Either way, we are stuck till after midnight! For anyone else, here are the constraints so far: 2494<=CENTS<=2522 475<=NICKELS<=601 987<=DIMES<=1114 516<=QUARTERS<=548 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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