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Question 898411: A cash register contains only five dollar and fifty dollar bills. It contains five times as many five dollar bills as fifty dollar bills and the total amount of money in the cash register is $3,150. How many five dollar bills are in the cash register?
I tried:
5x+x=3150
6x=3150
x=525
I know this answer is wrong.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v=five dollar bills
t= fifty dollar bills
5t=v
t=v/5
5v+50t=3150
5v+50*v/5=3150
5v+10v=3150
15v=3150
v=210 five dollar bills
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