document.write( "Question 1004395: A motel clerk count his $1 and $10 bills at the end of the day. He finds that he has a total of 64 bills having a combined monetary value of $199. Find the number of bills of each denomination that he has. \n" ); document.write( "
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Call the numbers of $1 and $10 bills, x and y.
\n" ); document.write( "Then from the facts we have
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 64 but their value is
\n" ); document.write( "x + 10y = 199
\n" ); document.write( "Now subtract the equations and get
\n" ); document.write( "-9y = - 135
\n" ); document.write( "y = 15 $10 bills
\n" ); document.write( "x = 49 $1 bills
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