document.write( "Question 1124283: Omar collected twice as many dollar bills as fives and one fewer ten than fives. If Omar collected $58, how many tens, fives, and ones did he get? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let F be the number of five-dollar bills,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of dollar bills is 2F\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the number of ten-dollar bills is (F-1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The \"money\" equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    5F + 2F + 10*(F-1)  = 58,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve for F:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    17F = 68\r\n" );
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document.write( "      F = 68/17 = 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  4 five-dollar bills;  2*4 = 8 dollar-bills  and  4-1 = 3 ten-dollars bills.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check.   4*5 + 8*1 + 3*10 = 58 dollars.   ! Correct !\r\n" );
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