A company is upgrading office technology by purchasing inkjet​ printers, LCD​ monitors, and additional memory chips. The total number of pieces of hardware purchased is 49. The cost of each inkjet printer is ​$104​, the cost of each LCD monitor is $140​, and the cost of each memory chip is ​$91. The total amount of money spent on new hardware came to ​$5226. They purchased two times as many memory chips as they did LCD monitors. Determine the number of each that was purchased. Write a linear system of equations. Let x be the number of inkjet​ printers, y be the number of LCD​ monitors, and z be the number of memory chips. Choose the correct answer below. 104x+140y+91z=5226 x+y+z=49 -2y+z=0 The company purchased ____ inkject printers. LCD monitors, and ____memory chips.

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A company is upgrading office technology by purchasing inkjet​ printers, LCD​ monitors, and additional memory chips. The total number of pieces of hardware purchased is 49. The cost of each inkjet printer is ​$104​, the cost of each LCD monitor is $140​, and the cost of each memory chip is ​$91. The total amount of money spent on new hardware came to ​$5226. They purchased two times as many memory chips as they did LCD monitors. Determine the number of each that was purchased.

Write a linear system of equations. Let x be the number of inkjet​ printers, y be the number of LCD​ monitors, and z be the number of memory chips. Choose the correct answer below.

104x+140y+91z=5226

x+y+z=49

-2y+z=0

The company purchased ____ inkject printers. LCD monitors, and ____memory chips. 

 

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