document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200191>Question 1200191</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In 1998, the sum of the number of $2 bills in circulation and the number of $50 bills in circulation was 1,500,888,647. The number of $50 bills was 366,593,903 more than the number of $2 bills. Write a system of equations to represent this situation. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = number of $2 bills<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = number of $50 bills\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Explanation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The expression x+y is the total of number of $2 or $50 bills. This total is set equal to the 1,500,888,647 (roughly 1.5 billion) mentioned. This is how the first equation was set up.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second equation is from the fact \"The number of $50 bills was 366,593,903 more than the number of $2 bills\"<BR>\n" );
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