document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=246376>Question 246376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this word problem: A bank pays 2% intrest. The credit union pays 3% per year. Bo saves $1000 total and gets $5 more intrest from the bank than from the credit union. How much was saved in each account?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was able to come up with x + y= 1000 but nothing after that. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Bo saves $1000 total and gets $5 more interest from the bank than from the credit union. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How much was saved in each account?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I was able to come up with x + y= 1000 but nothing after that.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's one equation, here is the interest equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bank int - credit u int = $5<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".02x - .03y = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the 1st equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (1000-y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute for x in the interest equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".02(1000-y) - .03y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 - .02y - .03y = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-.02y - .03y = 5 - 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.05y = -15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-15%29%2F%28-.05%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-15%29%2F%28-.05%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = + 300 saved at the credit union, (3%)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You should be able to find the bank amt now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check solution by finding the interest amt for each </SPAN>\n" );
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