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Author: Judy Ann Brown
Description: Middle School, difficulty level 2. The 25-cent token dispensing machine only accepts quarters and half dollars one at a time. How many different combinations of coins, using quarters (q) and half dollars (h), are there to purchase the desired number of tokens?
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