You have 50 coins totaling one dollar. One falls in a gopher hole while tossing the coins in your hand. What is the chance that a quarter fell into a gopher hole?

 

im gonna guess "zero". i havent actually worked out the math, but that would require one of the coins to be a quarter which means the other 49 coins would need to total 75 cents. while this may be possible (as i said, i havent checked) it just doesnt seem right in my head.

Callipygous, it is possible.

[hide]1 quarter = 25 cents

2 dimes = 20 cents

2 nickels = 10 cents

45 pennies = 45 cents

 

2 quarters, however, are not possible to do.

 

0 quarters is possible.

2 dimes = 20 cents

8 nickels = 40 cents

40 pennies = 40 cents

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Therefore, this question has no definite answer.

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Are you taking into account the relative sizes and weights of these coins?