SOLUTION: You unevenly split $7200 into two accounts paying 10% and 8% interest. At the end of the year, both accounts earn the same interest. Set up a systems of equations to solve for each

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Question 941002: You unevenly split $7200 into two accounts paying 10% and 8% interest. At the end of the year, both accounts earn the same interest. Set up a systems of equations to solve for each account interest.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two quantities invested, x and 7200-x.

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which is ONE equation.

You could assign the variables differently, like and then and for the interest quantities.

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