Problema Solution
A wallet that holds $25 contains the same number of $1 bills, $5 bills, and quarters. How many of each type of bill or coin does the wallet contain?
Answer provided by our tutors
1 quarter = $0.25
Let x the number of each type, $1 bills, $5 bills, and quarters. The total value is $25:
1*x + 5*x + 0.25x = 25
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x = 4
The wallet contains: 4 $1 bills, 4 of $5 bills, and 4 quarters.