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 # Instructions
 
-Correctly determine the fewest number of coins to be given to a customer such that the sum of the coins' value would equal the correct amount of change.
+Determine the fewest number of coins to give a customer so that the sum of their values equals the correct amount of change.
 
 ## Examples