SOLUTION: system of three equations
you are given $144.00, in one, five and ten dollar bills. There are 35 bills. The number of ten-dollar bills is two more than the number of five-dollar
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Question 601725: system of three equations
you are given $144.00, in one, five and ten dollar bills. There are 35 bills. The number of ten-dollar bills is two more than the number of five-dollar bills. How many bills of each type are there?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of 1s, 
represent the number of 5s, and 
represent the number of 10s, then:
Solve the system.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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