SOLUTION: A person opens his wallet and finds that all the bills are $1 bills, $5 bills, or $10 bills. There are 38 bills in this persons wallet. There are 3 more $5 than $1. If the total am
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Question 1016081: A person opens his wallet and finds that all the bills are $1 bills, $5 bills, or $10 bills. There are 38 bills in this persons wallet. There are 3 more $5 than $1. If the total amount of bills is $239, how many $10 bills does this person have?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39626) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x 1 dollar bills
y 5 dollar bills
z 10 dollar bills
Translating the description with those variables into a system of equations:
Solve the system and finish it with the solution for y. Simplest may be substitute for y
in the bill count and money count equations and solve for z and x. Use the value for x
to find the value for y.
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