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Question 1047593: A cash register contains only five dollar and fifty dollar bills. It contains five times as many five dollar bills as fifty dollar bills and the total amount of money in the cash register is $2,475. How many fifty dollar bills are in the cash register?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39799)   (Show Source):
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x, fivedollar bills
y, fiftydollar bills

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y=33

Answer by ikleyn(53763)   (Show Source):
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A cash register contains only five dollar and fifty dollar bills. It contains five times as many five dollar bills as fifty dollar bills
and the total amount of money in the cash register is $2,475. How many fifty dollar bills are in the cash register?
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5*(5F) + 50F = 2475 ---> 75F = 2475 ---> F = = 33 fifty dollar bills. Answer. 33 fifty dollar bills.

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