A motel clerk counts his $1 and $10 bills at the end of the day. He finds that hes has total of 64 bills having combined monetary value of $217. Find the number of each denomination that he has.
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hint: any number that ten goes into has a zero at the end for instance 10x5=50 (which has a zero)
number of tens ---- x
number of ones ---- 64-x
10x + 1(64-x) = 217
9x = 163
x = 17
He had 17 tens and 47 ones
number of ones ---- 64-x
10x + 1(64-x) = 217
9x = 163
x = 17
He had 17 tens and 47 ones
A motel clerk counts his $1 and $10 at the end of a day. He finds that he has a total of 60 bills having a combined monetary value of $168. Find the number of bills of each denomination that he has.
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