Asked by Evelyn
A motel clerk counts his $1 and $10 bills at the end of a day. He finds that he has atotal of 56 bills having acombined monetary value of $191. Find the number of bills of each denomination that he has
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Answered by
Reiny
number of 10's ---- x
number of 1's ------56-x
10x + 1(56-x) = 191
9x = 135
x = 15
he has 15 tens and 41 ones
check:
15(10) + 41 = 191
number of 1's ------56-x
10x + 1(56-x) = 191
9x = 135
x = 15
he has 15 tens and 41 ones
check:
15(10) + 41 = 191
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