3) Alice had some $10 banknotes, $20 banknotes and $100 banknotes. The number of $10 banknotes is 3 times that of $20 banknotes. The number of $20 banknotes is 8 times that of $100 banknotes. If Alice had $1500, find the number of $100 banknotes she had.
Let p be the no. of $100 banknotes,
100p+8px20+(3x8)px10=1500
100p+160p+24px10=1500
100p+160p+240p=1500
500p=1500
p=1500/500
p=3
so she has 3$100 banknotes,
actually it's quite easy....
I'm not sure you have ask the right question or not ....
Let a be the number of $100 banknotes
so 8a be the number of $20 banknotes
and 8a x 3 be the number of $10 banknotes
all add together was $1500
100a + 20x(8a) + 10x(8ax3) = 1500
100a + 160a + 240a = 1500
500a = 1500
a = 3
so she had 3 $100 banknotes.