SOLUTION: a cashier has a total of 125 bills made up of fives and tens. The total value of the money is $815. How many ten-dollar bills does the cashier have?
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Question 160000: a cashier has a total of 125 bills made up of fives and tens. The total value of the money is $815. How many ten-dollar bills does the cashier have? Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a cashier has a total of 125 bills made up of fives and tens. The total value of the money is $815. How many ten-dollar bills does the cashier have?
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Let x = number of ten-dollar bills
then from "a cashier has a total of 125 bills" we know:
125-x = number of five-dollar bills
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Since the total is 815:
10x + 5(125-x) = 815
10x + 625 - 5x = 815
5x + 625 = 815
5x = 190
x = 38
