SOLUTION: Dorothy bought two computers, one desktop and one laptop. Before finance charges, the laptop cost $500 less than the desktop. Dorothy paid for the computers using two different fin
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Question 251919: Dorothy bought two computers, one desktop and one laptop. Before finance charges, the laptop cost $500 less than the desktop. Dorothy paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desktop the interest rate was 10% per year, and for the laptop it was 6.5% per year. The total finance charges for one year were $792.50. How much did the desktop computer cost before finance charges?
