document.write( "Question 192763: a restaurant bill of $350 was paid using $5 and $50 notes.The totalnumber of notes used was 16.
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document.write( "a)write two equations in x and y to represent the information given
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document.write( "b)hence,calculate the number of $5 notes and the number of $50notes \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #144672 by Mathtut(3670)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x and y be the number of 5 and 50 dollar notes respectively \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "a)x+y=16...........eq 1 \n" ); document.write( " 5x+50y=350.......eq 2 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "b)rewrite eq 1 to x=16-y and plug it into eq 2 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "5(16-y)+50y=350 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "80-5y+50y=350 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "45y=270 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "x=16-y=16-6= |