Question

Olga has $40 in her wallet. She has one more $5 bill than $10 bills, and two more $1 bills than $5 bills. If Olga has only three types of bills, how many bills of each denomination does she have?

Answer 1

# of $10 bills = 2

# of $5 bills = 3

# of $1 bills = 5

Explanation:

Answer 2

Number of $10 bills = 2

Number of $5 bills = 3

Number of $1 bills = 5

Explanation:

Given:

Total amount = $40

Number of $10 bills = x

Number of $5 bills = x + 1

Number of $1 bills = x + 1 + 2 = x + 3

Find:

Number of each bills

Computation:

10(x) + 5(x+1) + 1(x+3) = 40

10x + 5x + 5 + x + 3 = 40

16x = 32

x = 2

Number of $10 bills = x = 2

Number of $5 bills = x + 1 = 3

Number of $1 bills = x + 3 = 5