I am on a holiday in Dolbania. Five different denominations of coin are in circulation here. I know they are worth five cents $.10 $.25 $.50 and one dollar. But I don’t know which is which and the values are not marked on them one of the coins has a star on it one has a tree one has a cat one has a bird and one has a fish. I visit the same café every morning. Normally I buy a cup of coffee and a slice of carrot cake. The cost is $3.20 and I pay with a five dollar note on the first morning I received three fish coins and three cat coins as change. On the second morning my change was five fish coins five bird coins and one star coin. A) what is the value of the “cat” coin? B) Today I ordered the usual cup of coffee but instead with two slices on carrot cake, I paid in five dollar note once again and my change was a single cat coin. How much does the cup of coffee cost?

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I am on a holiday in Dolbania. Five different denominations of coin are in circulation here. I know they are worth five cents $.10 $.25 $.50 and one dollar. But I don’t know which is which and the values are not marked on them one of the coins has a star on it one has a tree one has a cat one has a bird and one has a fish. I visit the same café every morning. Normally I buy a cup of coffee and a slice of carrot cake. The cost is $3.20 and I pay with a five dollar note on the first morning I received three fish coins and three cat coins as change. On the second morning my change was five fish coins five bird coins and one star coin. A) what is the value of the “cat” coin? B) Today I ordered the usual cup of coffee but instead with two slices on carrot cake, I paid in five dollar note once again and my change was a single cat coin. How much does the cup of coffee cost?
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