SOLUTION: A motel clerk counts his $1 and $10 at the end of a day. He finds that he has a total of 60 bills having a combined monetary value of $168. Find the number of bills of each denomin

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Question 933952: A motel clerk counts his $1 and $10 at the end of a day. He finds that he has a total of 60 bills having a combined monetary value of $168. Find the number of bills of each denomination that he has.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of $10 bills. the number of $1
.....
$10x + $1(60-x) = $168
9x= 108
x = 12, the number of $10bills. $1bills: 48
......checking
$120 + $48 = $168

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