SOLUTION: Rajesh invested part of his money in planting mango and he got a return of 25% of the money invested in one season. he invested the rest of his money in planting cabbage and he got

Question 1051915: Rajesh invested part of his money in planting mango and he got a return of 25% of the money invested in one season. he invested the rest of his money in planting cabbage and he got a return of 20% of the money invested in one season. If his total return(income) from both the investments wAS $2500. Next season he interchanged the investment and got a return of $3000. How much money did Rajesh put into the mango plantation?
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let m be the money invested in planting mangoes, c be the amount in cabbage. Then:
.25m+.2c=2500
.2m+.25c=3000
So:
1.25m+c=12500
.8m+c=12000
.45m=500
m=1,111.11
c=11,111.11. ☺☺☺☺
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