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An office supply store recently sold a black printer ink cartridge for ​$14.99 and a color printer ink cartridge for ​$23.99. At the start of a recent fall​ semester, a total of 64 of these cartridges was sold for a total of ​$1157.36. How many of each type were​ purchased?

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Let B be the number of Black printer ink cartridges and C be the number of color printer ink cartridges.

49 were sold in total, hence,

B+C= 49 ------------(1)

Also, its given that

18.99 B + 27.99 C = 1146.51---------(2)
Multiplying (1) by 18.99,

18.99 B+ 18.99 C= 930.51 ------(3)

Now, subtracting (3) from (2),

18.99 B + 27.99 C = 1146.51
18.99 B+ 18.99 C= 930.51
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9 C = 216
C= 24

We know, B+ C= 49
Hence B = 49-24 = 25

Hence, number of Black printer ink cartridges = 25 and color printer ink cartridges = 24.
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