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document.write( " A nursery has $20,000 of inventory in dogwood trees and red maple trees. The profit on a dogwood tree is 25% and the profit on a red maple is 17%. The profit for the entire stock is 20%. How much was invested in each type of tree? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #121121 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Name your variables. \n" ); document.write( "D-dogwood investment \n" ); document.write( "R-red maple investment\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1. \n" ); document.write( "2. \n" ); document.write( "Use eq. 1 to solve for D in terms of R and substitute into eq. 2, \n" ); document.write( "1. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "2. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |