Acustomer/member owes $10.51 and pays $50.00 in cash. the change due is $39.49. provide the amount owed using the smallest number of bills and coins possible.

The returned amount is $39.49. The combination will contain a bill of $20, $10, $5, 4 bills of $1, and a quarter, two dime and 4 penny. The total number of bill or coin in the combination  is 14.

Given information:

Customer need to pay $10.51 and has paid $50. In return he/she is expecting the change of .

Now, the customer will be returned $39.49 in cash. It is required to get the least number of bill and coin combination for the returned money.

The customer can get $20, $10, and $5 bill which is a sum of $35.

Now, we need to get $4.49 more to complete the returned amount.

So, we will use 4 $1 bills to get $4. One quarter which is $0.25, two dime which is equivalent to $0.2 and 4 penny which is equivalent to $0.04. Here, the total amount will be $4.49.

Therefore, the combination will contain a bill of $20, $10, $5, 4 bills of $1, and a quarter, two dime and 4 penny. The total number of bill or coin in the combination  is 14.

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