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-A convention manager finds that she has $ 1320 made up of twenties and fifties. She has a total of 48 bills. How many fifty-dollar bills does the manager have?
A) 48 fifty-dollar bills
B) 8 fifty-dollar bills
C) 36 fifty-dollar bills
D) 12 fifty-dollar bills

Question

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Let x be the number of fifty-dollar bills. Then, the number of twenty-dollar bills is 48 - x. The equation is 50x + 20(48 - x) = 1320. Solving for x gives x = 12.

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