For the purposes of exploration, volunteers will be labeled as Spectator A, Spectator B, Spectator C and Spectator D. During this exploration, the coins used will be in CAD. The magician brings $1.96 to a table, consisting of six pennies, six nickels, six dimes and four quarters. Spectator A is asked to take a coin. Spectator B is asked to take a coin of a different value. This process is repeated for spectator C and spectator D. Then, the performer asks spectator D to collect coins that amount to four times the value of the original coin taken. Spectator A is asked to collect the same value of coins as he collected before. Spectator B is asked to collect double the value of the coins he has collected, while spectator C is asked to collect three times the initial value of the coin he was asked to collect. The magician then turns and correctly identifies the starting value of the coin collected by each of the spectators. An example. Consider the following example: Coin initially chosen by spectator Final value of coins One penny $0.01 + $0.01 = $0.02 billion nickels $0.05 + 2($0.05...