Problema Solution
Bernard has $164 in $1, $5, and $10 bills. If he has 25 bills altogether and he has one more $10 bill than $5 bills, how many of each type of bill does he have?
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Solution:
$1 bill: (24-2x)
$5 bill: x
$10 bill: x+1
So
(24-2x)+5x+10(x+1)=164
x=10
SO
$1 bill: 4
$5 bill: 10
$10 bill: 11