Question

You have $1 and $5 bills in your savings envelope with a total value of $26. There are more $1 bills than $5. You would like to determine how many of each bill that you have. You do not have enough information to write a system of equations to answer the question Find one possible solution

Answer 1

Let:

x = Number of $1 bills

y = Number of $5 bills

We only know this equation:

$\begin{gathered} 1x+5y=26 \\ x+5y=26_{\text{ }}\left(1\right) \end{gathered}$

But we know:

$x>y$

Therefore, one possible solution would be:

$\begin{gathered} x=16 \\ y=2 \\ 16>2_{\text{ }}true \\ 16+5\left(2\right)=26_{\text{ }}true \end{gathered}$

Answer:

x = 16

y = 2