SOLUTION: each year a student uses the interest earned a two separate investment to help pay for college cost. the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,2

Question 1121176: each year a student uses the interest earned a two separate investment to help pay for college cost. the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,200 and the total interest earned per year is 1,840, how much is invested at 11% rate?
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Answer by ikleyn(52788) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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each year a student uses the interest earned a two separate investment to help pay for college cost.
the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,200 and the total interest earned per year is 1,840,
how much is invested at 11% rate?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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.. the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,200 and the total interest earned per year is 1,840, how much is invested at 11% rate?
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Invest x and y in each account

Total one-year interest:

Question asks for x.

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