document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=202761>Question 202761</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm having trouble with this problem and I need a little help with it:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Investing $1000 in two investments yielding you a one-year return of $75.  If one of the investments was a bond fund with a guranteed 4% rate of return, and you invested an equal amount in both, what was the rate of return in the second investment? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here are the answers I have to choose from:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10.5%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and I'v been trying to solve it with this formula :1000(1+r)=?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "interest + interest = interest\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.04(500) + r(500) = 75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 + 500r = 75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500r = 55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 55/500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 0.11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rate you want is 11%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here are the answers I have to choose from:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10.5%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12%<BR>\n" );
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