A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty-dollar bills. The teller has 10 more of the twenties. The total value of the money is $ 850. Find the number of five-dollar bills that the teller has.

User Icon for Steve Steve answered
11 years ago

5f + 20(f+10) = 850

25f = 650
f = 26

so, 26x$5 and 36x$20

User Icon for janine janine answered
11 years ago

what is the least number of bills you can use to make 23 dolers what bills are thay

User Icon for Step-by-Step Bot Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

Let's solve this step-by-step.

Step 1: Assign variables.
Let's assign variables to represent the number of five-dollar bills and twenty-dollar bills the teller has.
Let's say the number of five-dollar bills is 'x.'
Since the teller has 10 more twenty-dollar bills than five-dollar bills, the number of twenty-dollar bills can be expressed as 'x + 10.'

Step 2: Write an equation based on the given information.
The total value of the money is given as $850. We can write this as an equation:
5x + 20(x + 10) = 850

Step 3: Solve the equation.
Now, we can solve the equation:
5x + 20x + 200 = 850
25x + 200 = 850
25x = 850 - 200
25x = 650
x = 650 / 25
x = 26

Step 4: Find the number of five-dollar bills.
We found that 'x' is equal to 26, which represents the number of five-dollar bills.
Therefore, the teller has 26 five-dollar bills.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
1 year ago

To solve this problem, let's set up some variables.

Let x be the number of five-dollar bills.
Since the teller has 10 more twenty-dollar bills, let x + 10 be the number of twenty-dollar bills.

Now, let's determine the value of the money using the given information:
The value of a five-dollar bill is $5, so the total value of the five-dollar bills is 5x.
The value of a twenty-dollar bill is $20, so the total value of the twenty-dollar bills is 20(x + 10).

According to the problem, the total value of the money is $850. Therefore, we can set up the equation:

5x + 20(x + 10) = 850

Now, let's solve the equation:

5x + 20x + 200 = 850
25x + 200 = 850
25x = 850 - 200
25x = 650
x = 650 / 25
x = 26

Hence, the bank teller has 26 five-dollar bills.