SOLUTION: A cashier has a total of 132 bills, made up of fives and tens. The total value of the money is $760. How many ten dollar bills does the cashier have?

Question 369538: A cashier has a total of 132 bills, made up of fives and tens. The total value of the money is $760. How many ten dollar bills does the cashier have?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi,

Let x represent the number of tens.  then (132-x) is the number of fives.

question states

5*(132-x) + 10x = 760 'dollars'

solving for x

5x =100

x = 20, the nunber of tens.  



checking our answer

number of fives would be 112 (132-20)

5*112 + 10*20 = 560 + 200 = 760  

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