SOLUTION: Tara paid one-half of her game-show winnings to the government for taxes. She invested one-third of her winnings in Jeff's copy shop at 14% interest and one-sixth of her winnings i

Question 177591This question is from textbook College Algebra
: Tara paid one-half of her game-show winnings to the government for taxes. She invested one-third of her winnings in Jeff's copy shop at 14% interest and one-sixth of her winnings in Kaiser's German Bakery at 12% interest. If she earned a total of $4000 on the investments in one year, then how much did she win on the game show? This question is from textbook College Algebra

Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the total winnings
:

:
(multiplied first term by 2/2 to get common denominator)
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multiplied both sides by 6 and combine x terms
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dollars in winnings.
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