SOLUTION: A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty dollar bills. The teller has 10 more twenties than fives. The total of the money is $775. Find the number of five dollar bi

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Question 335784: A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty dollar bills. The teller has 10 more twenties than fives. The total of the money is $775. Find the number of five dollar bills.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let T be the number of $20 bills, F be the number of $5 bills.
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2.
Substitute eq. 1 into eq. 2,




Then from eq. 1,


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The teller has 33 $20 bills and 23 $5 bills.

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