SOLUTION: a bank teller has 125 $10 and $5 bills to start a day. If the total value of the bills was $1000, how many $5 bills did the teller have?

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Question 335269: a bank teller has 125 $10 and $5 bills to start a day. If the total value of the bills was $1000, how many $5 bills did the teller have?
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, lynnlo:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let T be the number of $10 bills, and F be the number of $5 bills.
1.T%2BF=125
2.10T%2B5F=1000
Multiply eq. 1 by -5 and add the two equations.
-5T-5F%2B10T%2B5F=-625%2B1000
5T=375
highlight%28T=75%29
Then from eq. 1,
75%2BF=125
highlight%28F=50%29
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75 $10 bills and 50 $5 bills.

Answer by lynnlo(4176) About Me  (Show Source):
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THERE ARE 50 $5.00 DOLLAR BILLS