document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=562781>Question 562781</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To buy both a new car and a new house, Tina sought two loans totalling $321,929. The simple interest rate on the first loan was 1.0%, while the simple interest rate on the second loan was 8.8%. At the end of the first year, Tina paid a combined interest payment of $25,677.83. What were the amounts of the two loans?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think i know the answer but could someone please help me work out this problem? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #364711 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=364711\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the price of the house and y be the price of the car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=321929 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=321929\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The interest on the house is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.01x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.01x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The interest on the car is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.088y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.088y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total interest for the first year is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.01x%2B0.088y=25677.83 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.01x%2B0.088y=25677.83\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiplying times 100 to get rid of some decimals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B8.8y=2567783 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B8.8y=2567783\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B8.8y=2567783 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B8.8y=2567783\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=321929 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=321929\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > form a system of linear equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It could be solved several different ways.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, subtracting the second equation from the first one we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B8.8y-x-y=2567783-321929 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B8.8y-x-y=2567783-321929\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which simplifies to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7.8y=2245854 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7.8y=2245854\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and dividing both sides by 7.8, we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=2245854%2F7.8=287930 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=2245854%2F7.8=287930\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substituting that into <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=321929 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=321929\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B287930=321929 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B287930=321929\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=321929-287930=33999 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=321929-287930=33999\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tina bought a house for $33,999 and a car for $287,930.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Very strange. </SPAN>\n" );
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