document.write( "Question 51976: Please please help with the following problem - 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?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #34664 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The profit for the entire stock is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "If the amount invested in the dogwoods is x, the amount invested \n" ); document.write( "in the maples is 20000 - x \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So, 7,500 was invested in dogwoods and 12,500 was invested in maples \n" ); document.write( " |