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Recardo has a jar filled with one and five dollar bills. The jar contains 29 bills and totals $\$ 89$. How many bills of each type does he have?

Number of one dollar bills:

Number of five dollar bills:
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Final Answer: Recardo has \(\boxed{14}\) one dollar bills and \(\boxed{15}\) five dollar bills.

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Step 1 :Let's denote the number of one dollar bills as x and the number of five dollar bills as y.

Step 2 :We know that the total number of bills is 29, so we have the equation \(x + y = 29\).

Step 3 :We also know that the total amount of money is $89, so we have the equation \(x + 5y = 89\).

Step 4 :We can solve this system of equations to find the values of x and y.

Step 5 :The solution is \(x = 14\) and \(y = 15\).

Step 6 :Final Answer: Recardo has \(\boxed{14}\) one dollar bills and \(\boxed{15}\) five dollar bills.

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