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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

In the board game "Silly Bills", there are $1\$1, $2\$2 and $3\$3 bills. There are 1111 more $2\$2 bills than $1\$1 bills. There are 1818 fewer $3\$3 bills than $1\$1 bills. If there is $100\$100 in total, then how many $1\$1 bills are there in the board game?

(A) 1111 (B) 1414 (C) 2222 (D) 3333 (E) 4040

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