SOLUTION: There are 37 bills in my desk. Some of them are $1 and the rest are $5. The total of the bills is $141.00. how many of each do I have?

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Question 613609: There are 37 bills in my desk. Some of them are $1 and the rest are $5. The total of the bills is $141.00. how many of each do I have?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
There are 37 bills
Let x and (37-x) represent the number of $5 and $1 bills respectively
Question states***total of the bills is $141.00
5x + (37-x) = 141
4x = 104
x = 26, number of $5 bills. There are 11 $1 bills
$5*26 + $11 = $141
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