Talk:McNuggets problem: Difference between revisions

This is why this problem is also known as the '''postage-stamp''' problem and was a real problem when buying stamps for mailing a package at the post-office which may have a restricted set of stamps, and people wanted/collected the different stamps, not wanting '''41''' one-cent stamps put on a package or envelope.   (Now-a-days, of course, the post office just produces a digital imprint of the exact decimal postage amount.)   The U.S. Post Office has (or used to) print a unique stamp for every cent denomination up to and including $1.   I don't know how many stamps are still being issued for over a (U.S.) dollar anymore.