SOLUTION: Gohan has $5000 to invest. He puts part in a savings account that earns 6% interest and the rest in a high interest savings account that pays 8%. If the total interest for a yea

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Question 1190893: Gohan has $5000 to invest. He puts part in a savings
account that earns 6% interest and the rest in a high
interest savings account that pays 8%. If the total
interest for a year was $320, how much was put in each
account?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52877)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Gohan has $5000 to invest. He puts part in a savings
account that earns 6% interest and the rest in a high
interest savings account that pays 8%. If the total
interest for a year was $320, how much was put in each
account?
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x = invested at 8%;  5000-x invested at 6%.


Total annual interest equation

    0.08x + 0.06*(5000-x) = 320    dollars.


Simplify and find x

    0.08x + 300 - 0.06x = 320

    0.08x - 0.06x = 320 - 300

         0.02x    =     20

             x    =     20/0.02 = 1000.


ANSWER.  $1000 invested at 8%;  the rest,  $5000-$1000 = $4000 invested at 6%.


CHECK.   0.08*1000 + 0.06*4000 = 80 + 240 = 320,  dollars, total annual interest.   ! Correct !

Solved.

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Answer by greenestamps(13209)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


A quick and easy way to answer any 2-part "mixture" problem like this, if formal algebra is not required....

All $5000 invested at 6% would yield $300 interest; all invested at 8% would yield $400 interest.
The actual interest, $320, is 1/5 of the way from $300 to $400.
Therefore, 1/5 of the total was invested at the higher rate.

ANSWER: 1/5 of $5000, or $1000, was invested at 8%; the other $4000 at 6%
CHECK: .08(1000)+.06(4000) = 80+240=320
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