These are the first sentences in the short story, "The Gift of the Magi," by O. Henry:

"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies."
Let q be the number of quarters, d be the number of dimes, and n be the number of nickels.

a. 25q + 10d + 5n + 60 = 187
b. q + d + n + 60 = 187
c. 25q + 10d + 5n + 60 = 1.87
d. 0.25q + 0.10d + 0.5n + 0.60 = 187

Question

These are the first sentences in the short story, "The Gift of the Magi," by O. Henry:

"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies."
Let q be the number of quarters, d be the number of dimes, and n be the number of nickels.

a. 25q + 10d + 5n + 60 = 187
b. q + d + n + 60 = 187
c. 25q + 10d + 5n + 60 = 1.87
d. 0.25q + 0.10d + 0.5n + 0.60 = 187

otherworldly · Answer

b would be the only possible answer