A waitress earned $551 in tips during her shift. She had a total of 179 bills in her pocket consisting of ones, fives, tens, and twenties. She had seven times the number of fives as tens. The number of ones was one less than twice the number of fives. How many of each bill did she have? # of ones # of fives # of tens # of twenties

A waitress earned $551 in tips during her shift. She had a total of 179 bills in her pocket consisting of ones, fives, tens, and twenties. She had seven times the number of fives as tens. The number of ones was one less than twice the number of fives. How many of each bill did she have? # of ones # of fives # of tens # of twenties

College Algebra

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Chapter7: Systems Of Equations And Inequalities

Section7.2: Systems Of Linear Equations: Three Variables

Problem 60SE: In a bag, a child has 325 coins worth $19.50. There were three types of coins: pennies, nickels, and...

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