SOLUTION: Lita invested some of her savings in real estate which end up yielding 12% at the end of 1 year. At the same time, she invested P200,000 more than this amount into a friend’s res

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Question 1177199: Lita invested some of her savings in real estate which end up yielding 12% at the end of 1 year. At the same time, she invested P200,000 more than this amount into a friend’s restaurant business, which ended up yielding a 22% profit at the end of 1 year. If her total profit was P146,000, how much did she invest in each business venture? Show solution.
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The total interest equation is


    0.12x + 0.22*(x+200000) = 146000


From the equation,


    x =  = 300,000   invested at 12%.


Hence,  the amount invested at 22% was  300,000 + 200,000 = 500,000.


CHECK.  0.12*300000 + 0.22*500000 = 146,000, the total interest.    ! Correct !

Solved.

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