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+from typing import List
+import unittest
+
+
+def making_change(amount: int) -> int:
+    """
+    Compute the number of ways to make change for the given amount in cents using US coins.
+
+    Coins available:
+    - Penny (P): 1 cent
+    - Nickel (N): 5 cents
+    - Dime (D): 10 cents
+    - Quarter (Q): 25 cents
+    - Half-dollar (HD): 50 cents
+
+    Order of coin selection does not matter.
+
+    Args:
+        amount (int): The amount in cents (non-negative integer).
+
+    Returns:
+        int: The number of distinct ways to make change.
+    """
+    coins = [1, 5, 10, 25, 50]
+    dp = [0] * (amount + 1)
+    dp[0] = 1  # There is one way to make 0 cents
+
+    for coin in coins:
+        for i in range(coin, amount + 1):
+            dp[i] += dp[i - coin]
+
+    return dp[amount]
+
+
+# Unit Tests
+class TestMakingChange(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_example1(self):
+        self.assertEqual(making_change(9), 2, 'Example 1')
+
+    def test_example2(self):
+        self.assertEqual(making_change(15), 6, 'Example 2')
+
+    def test_example3(self):
+        self.assertEqual(making_change(100), 292, 'Example 3')
+
+    def test_zero_amount(self):
+        self.assertEqual(making_change(0), 1, 'Zero amount')
+
+    def test_negative_amount(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
+            making_change(-1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()