document.write( "Question 126189: Tanya has ten bills in her wallet. She has a total of $40. If she has one more $5 bill than $10 bills, and two more $1 bills than $5 bills, how many of each does she have? \n" ); document.write( "

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Tanya has ten bills in her wallet. She has a total of $40. If she has one more $5 bill than $10 bills, and two more $1 bills than $5 bills, how many of each does she have?
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\n" ); document.write( "# of 1,5,10 bills be a,b, and c.
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\n" ); document.write( "EQUATIONS:
\n" ); document.write( "a + b + c = 10
\n" ); document.write( "b = c+1
\n" ); document.write( "a = b+2
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\n" ); document.write( "Rearrange:
\n" ); document.write( "a + b + c = 10
\n" ); document.write( "0 + b - c = 1
\n" ); document.write( "a - b + 0 = 2
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\n" ); document.write( "Using The Matrix function on a TI calculator I get:
\n" ); document.write( "a = 5
\n" ); document.write( "b = 3
\n" ); document.write( "c = 2
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\n" ); document.write( "5 one-dollar bills
\n" ); document.write( "3 five-dollar bills
\n" ); document.write( "2 ten-dollar bills
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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