Black pencils cost N75 each and colored pencils cost N105 each. If 24 mixed pencils cost N2010, how many were black?

Black pencils cost N75 each and colored pencils cost N105 each. If 24 mixed pencils cost N2010, how many were black?

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  1. Answer:

    let black pencil be x

    So colored pencils be(24-x)

    A.T.Q.

    75(x)+105(24-x)=2010

    75x+2520-105x=2010

    -30x=2010-2520

    -30x=-510

    x=17

    No. of black pencils were 17

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