SOLUTION: You have $30,000 to invest in two stock funds. The first fund pays 5% annual interest and the second pays 8% annual interest. If after a year you have mad

Question 1172615: You have $30,000 to invest in two stock funds. The first fund pays 5% annual interest and the second pays 8% annual interest. If after a year you have made $2,100 interest. How much money did you invest in each account?

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You may start from these two equations x + y = 30000 (1) (total money) 0.05x + 0.08y = 2100 (2) (total interest) You then reduce it to one single equation 0.05x + 0.08*(30000-x) = 2100. I leave it to you to complete the solution from this point.

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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Here is a quick and easy way to solve "mixture" problems like this, if a formal algebraic solution is not required.

(1) $2100 interest on an investment of $30,000 is a return of 7%.
(2) 7% is 2/3 of the way from 5% to 8%. (view the three percentages on a number line, if it helps....)
(3) Therefore, 2/3 of the total investment was at the higher rate.

ANSWER: 2/3 of $30,000, or $20,000, was invested at 8%; the other $10,000 at 5%.

CHECK: .08(20,000)+.05(10,000) = 1600+500 = 2100

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