SOLUTION: Hong bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer, before finance charges the laptop cost $250 less than the desktop. He paid for the computers using two different financing pla

Question 1097238: Hong bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer, before finance charges the laptop cost $250 less than the desktop. He paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desk top 7% per year and for the laptop 8% per year. The total finance for one year was $325. How much did each cost before finance charges?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let d and d-250 be the cost of the desktop and laptop, respectively. Then
.07d+.08(d-250)=325
.15d=325+20
d=2300
d-250=2050
as the cost of the computers before finance charges
☺☺☺☺
RELATED QUESTIONS
Rafael bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the... (answered by stanbon)

Ivan bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Salma bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop (answered by ikleyn)

Can someone help me solve this? Thank you. Greg bought a desktop computer and a laptop (answered by stanbon)

Kira bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. before finance charges, the laptop... (answered by Theo,ikleyn)

Martina bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the... (answered by jorel1380)

Need full answer asap please, thank you so much! Linda bought a desktop computer and a (answered by Theo)

Ivanna bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the... (answered by mananth)

Having trouble solving this work problem. Melissa bought a desktop computer and a laptop (answered by josgarithmetic,josmiceli)