SOLUTION: Phyllis invested 55000 dollars, a portion earning a simple interest rate of 5 percent per year and the rest earning a rate of 6 percent per year. After one year the total intere

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Question 1000268: Phyllis invested 55000 dollars, a portion earning a simple interest rate of 5 percent per year and the rest earning a rate of 6 percent per year. After one year the total interest earned on these investments was 3090 dollars. How much money did she invest at each rate?

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--Substitute Y in terms of X

--Expand the 2nd expression




--Compress the expression pulling out X




--Compute Y from X



--Verify the answer


**Correct!

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