A waiter earned $23 in tips in an hour. He was paid in $1 bills and $5 bills. Use a model to determine how many $5 bills he received if he received a total of 15 bills.

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anonymous · Answer

13 1$ bills and 2 5$ bills

use system of equations

x+y = 15
x+5y =23  

with x = # 1 dollar bills
and y = # 5 dollar bills

anonymous · Answer

1

 2

 3

 4

anonymous · Answer

this is the multiple choice

anonymous · Answer

well i dont know the multiple choice but the answer is 13 one dollar bills and 2 five dollar bills

anonymous · Answer

o nevermind. so the answer is 2

anonymous · Answer

ok