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Question 324111: a cashier has a total of 122 bills, made of fives and tens. the total of the money is $940. how many ten-dollar bills does the cashier have? Found 2 solutions by msgmhenderson, Fombitz:Answer by msgmhenderson(11) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a cashier has a total of 122 bills, made of fives and tens. the total of the money is $940. how many ten-dollar bills does the cashier have?
F = FIVES
T = TENS
5F + 10T = 940
5F = 940 - 10T
F = (940 -10T)/5
THERE IS 66 TENS AND 56 FIVES
66 * 10 = 660
56 * 5 = 280
660 + 280 = 940
66 + 56 = 122 BILLS
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let T be the number of tens, F the number of fives.
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Multiply eq. 1 by -5 and add to eq. 2 to eliminate F.
Then from eq. 1,