Malik is cashing his $140$140 paycheck and would like only $5$5 and $10$10 bills. The bank teller gives him 1818 bills. What is an appropriate process for finding how many $5$5 bills he received?
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The total number of bills is 18, so the first equation is: X + Y = 18 The total amount of money is $140, so the second equation is: 5X + 10Y = 140 Show more…
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