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A mother wants to invest $7,000.00 for her son's future education. she invests a portion of the money in a bank certificate of deposit (CD account) which earns 4% and the remainder in a savings bond that earns 7%. If the total interest earned after one year is $420.00, how much money was invested in the CD account?
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can you please help me solve this word problem:
A mother wants to invest $7,000.00 for her son's future education. she invests a portion of the money in a bank certificate of deposit (CD account) which earns 4% and the remainder in a savings bond that earns 7%. If the total interest earned after one year is $420.00, how much money was invested in the CD account?


Let amount invested in CD account be F

Then amount invested in bond = 7,000 – F

Interest earned on CD, plus interest earned on bond, equals total interest earned, OR

.04(F) + .07(7,000 – F) = 420

.04F + 490 - .07F = 420

.04F - .07F = 420 – 490 

- .03F = - 70

F, or amount invested in the “4% CD” = , or $

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