When shopping at the compound mini-mart, the clerk rings up 27.55 SR (= Saudi Riyal). If I give him (George) three 10 SR notes, how much change does he hand me?
FYI the current exchange rate is $1 US = 3.755 SR but this is not relevant to the answer - just thought you should know.
My guess is 2 SR plus some packs of gum. In Egypt (and sometimes Mexico) they handle small change by giving gum since they often don't have it.
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