SOLUTION: Sean made a deposit of $106. If his deposit consisted of 42 bills. Some one-dollar bills and the rest five-dollar bills. How many bills of each kind did he have?

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Question 10942: Sean made a deposit of $106. If his deposit consisted of 42 bills. Some one-dollar bills and the rest five-dollar bills. How many bills of each kind did he have?
Answer by askmemath(368) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let there be X $1 bills and Y $5 bills.
X+Y = 42 (given)
$1xX + $5xY = 106
X+5Y = 106
X+ Y = 42
Subtracting
4Y = 64
Y = 16
X =26