The gold chain
You have a 7-link gold chain and must pay a landlord one link per day for 7 days. What is the minimum number of links you must cut to be able to pay exactly each day (making change)?
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- A cut link is itself a payable unit.
- Aim for pieces of sizes 1, 2, 4.
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