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-A bank teller has some five-dollar bills and some twenty-dollar bills. The teller has 10 more of the twenties. The total value of the money is $ 825. Find the number of five-dollar bills that the teller has.
A) 45 five-dollar bills
B) 25 five-dollar bills
C) 35 five-dollar bills
D) 15 five-dollar bills

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Let x be the number of five-dollar bills. Then the number of twenty-dollar bills is x + 10. The equation is 5x + 20(x + 10) = 825. Solving gives x = 25.

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