Solving System of Equations?

El Gato

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A cash drawer contains only fives and twenties. There are eight more fives than twenties. The total value of the money is $215. How many of each type of bill are there?


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I set it up as:

5a + 20b = 215
a + b = 215

but that can't be right... help?
 
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