SOLUTION: Ryan bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop cost $450 more than the desktop. He paid for the computers using two different financing pl

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Question 1200646: Ryan bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop cost $450 more than the desktop. He paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desktop the interest rate was 9% per year, and for the laptop it was 6% per year. The total finance charges for one year were $300. How much did each computer cost before finance charges?
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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x dollars for the desktop;  (x+450) dollars for the laptop.


Write one year total finance charges equation 

    0.09*x + 0.06*(x+450) = 300  dollars.


Simplify and find x.


etc.

The rest is simple arithmetic.

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