An office supply store recently sold a black printer ink cartridge for $14.99 and a color printer ink cartridge for $27.99. at start of a recent fall semester, a total of 49 of these cartidges was sold for a total of $1046.51. how many of each type were purchased?

25 black printer ink cartridge and 24 color printer ink cartridge were purchased.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of black printer ink cartridge be x

Also Let the number of color printer ink cartridge be y

Total number of cartridges were =49

Hence;

Also;

Cost of black printer ink cartridge = $14.99

Cost of color printer ink cartridge = $27.99

Total Money after selling both = $1046.51

Hence, the equation can be framed as;

Now Multiplying both side by 100 we get;

Now multiplying equation 1 by 1499 we get;

Now Subtracting equation 3 from equation 2 we get;

Now Substituting value if y in equation 1 we get;

Hence 25 black printer ink cartridge and 24 color printer ink cartridge were purchased.

the correct answer is 45x

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