SOLUTION: A cash register contains only five dollar and fifty dollar bills. It contains four times as many five dollar bills as fifty dollar bills and the total amount of money in the cash r

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Question 1047397: A cash register contains only five dollar and fifty dollar bills. It contains four times as many five dollar bills as fifty dollar bills and the total amount of money in the cash register is $910. How many fifty dollar bills are in the cash register?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Same problem, different numbers.
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Kendra has $4.50 in dimes and nickels. If she has 4 times as many dimes as nickels, how many of each coin does she have?
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Each set of 4 dimes and 1 nickel = 45 cents
450/45 = 10 sets

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x represent number of $50 bills ...
four times as many five dollar bills as fifty dollar bills
50x + 5(4x) = $910
70x = 910
x =13, number of $50 bills, 52 $5 bills 4%2A13
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$650 + $260 = $910 CHECKS!