SOLUTION: Jonah opens his wallet and finds that all of the bills are $1 bills,$5 bills or $10 bills. There are four more $5 bills than $1 bills.. If the total amount of bills is $246, how ma

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Question 962378: Jonah opens his wallet and finds that all of the bills are $1 bills,$5 bills or $10 bills. There are four more $5 bills than $1 bills.. If the total amount of bills is $246, how many $10 bills does Jonah have?

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Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of $1 bills
Let = number of $5 bills
Let = number of $10 bills
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(1)
(2)
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There are 3 unknowns, but only 2
possible equations, so I have to
do a little extra work
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Substitute (1) into (2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
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and does not work, so
I'll try and
That gives me:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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there are:
6 of the $1 bills
10 of the $5 bills
19 of the $10 bills
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
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hope I got it
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Jonah opens his wallet and finds that all of the bills are $1 bills,$5 bills or $10 bills. There are four more $5 bills than $1 bills.. If the total amount of bills is $246, how many $10 bills does Jonah have?

Thank you for your help!
This is a ridiculously stupid question. Another clue should have been given in order to determine a

SOLE number of $10 bills.



There are 8 possibilities, which include either 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 five-dollar bills, and 

therefore 8 different numbers of $1 and $10 bills. 

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