document.write( "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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Algebra.Com's Answer #587977 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"+a+\" = number of $1 bills
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+b+\" = number of $5 bills
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+c+\" = number of $10 bills
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+b+=+a+%2B+4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+a+%2B+5b+%2B+10c+=+246+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "There are 3 unknowns, but only 2
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute (1) into (2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+a+%2B+5%2A%28+a+%2B+4+%29+%2B+10c+=+246+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+a+%2B+5a+%2B+20+%2B+10c+=+226+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+6a+%2B+10c+=+226+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+c+=+22+\" and \"+a+=+1+\" does not work, so
\n" ); document.write( "I'll try \"+c+=+19+\" and \"+a+=+6+\"
\n" ); document.write( "That gives me:
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+6%2A6+%2B+10%2A19+=+226+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+36+%2B+190+=+226+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+226+=+226+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+b+=+a+%2B+4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+b+=+6+%2B+4+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+b+=+10+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "there are:
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\n" ); document.write( "10 of the $5 bills
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+a+%2B+5b+%2B+10c+=+246+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+6+%2B+5%2A10+%2B+10%2A19+=+246+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+6+%2B+50+%2B+190+=+246+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+246+=+246+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "hope I got it
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