self Maths Puzzle

A woman bought something costing 34c. She only had 3 coins: $1, 2c and 3c. The shopkeeper had only 2 coins: 25c and 50c. Fortunately another customer had 2 10c coins, a 5c coin, 2 2c coin and a 1c coin. How did they sort things out?

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They pool the money. The woman takes 74, the shopkeeper takes 109 and the customer 28.
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