Question

Dan has five times as many $1 bills as $5 bills. he has a total of 48 bills. how many of each does he have?

Answer 1

let the number of $1 bill be x and $5 bill be y
x=5y
5y+y=48
6y=48
x=40
y=8

number of $1 bill= 40
number of $5 bill = 8