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document.write( "Kelly Fisher invested a total of $20,000 in two municipal bonds that have yields of 7% and 10% interest per year, respectively. If the interest Kelly receives from the bonds in a year is $1640, how much did she invest in each bond? (Let x and y denote the amount, in dollars, invested at 7% and 10%, respectively.\r
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document.write( " =20,000
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document.write( " =1640
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Algebra.Com's Answer #595860 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Formulate but do not solve the problem. \n" ); document.write( "Kelly Fisher invested a total of $20,000 in two municipal bonds that have yields of 7% and 10% interest per year, respectively. If the interest Kelly receives from the bonds in a year is $1640, how much did she invest in each bond? (Let x and y denote the amount, in dollars, invested at 7% and 10%, respectively. \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Using two variables:: \n" ); document.write( "Quantity equation:: x + y = 20,000 dollars \n" ); document.write( "Interest equation::7x + 10y = 164000 dollars \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "OR, just using one variable:: \n" ); document.write( "7x + 10(20,000-x) = 164000 \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "=20,000 \n" ); document.write( "=1640 \n" ); document.write( " |