James has a total of 66 dollars in his piggy bank. He only has one dollar bills and two dollar bills in his piggy bank. If there
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Answer:
32 one-dollar bills.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let <em>x </em>represent one-dollar bills and <em>y </em>represent two-dollar bills.
He has a total of 49 bills. Therefore:
The total amount of money James has is 66. <em>x</em> is worth one dollar, while <em>y</em> is worth two dollars. Therefore:
We have a system of equations. Solve by substitution:
Therefore, James has 32 one-dollar bills and 17 two-dollar bills.
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