document.write( "Question 1026253: $20,862 is invested, part at 9% and the rest at 7%. If the interest earned from the amount invested at 9% exceeds the interest earned from the amount invested at 7% by $831.50, how much is invested at each rate? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #641479 by addingup(3677)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! There is an amount invested at 9%. We don't know how much it is, so we will call it x. \n" ); document.write( "There is another amount invested at 7%, and we know that this is equal to 20,862-x. \n" ); document.write( "And the problem says: \n" ); document.write( "0.09x = 0.07(20,862-x)+831.50 Multiply on right to get rid of parenthesis \n" ); document.write( "0.09x = 1,460.34-0.07x+831.50 \n" ); document.write( "0.09x = 2,291.84-0.07x add 0.07x on both sides: \n" ); document.write( "0.16x = 2,291.84 divide both sides by 0.16 \n" ); document.write( "x = 14,324 this is the amount invested at 9% \n" ); document.write( "And: \n" ); document.write( "20,862-14,324 = 6,538 is invested at 7% \n" ); document.write( "Happy learning, \n" ); document.write( "J \n" ); document.write( " |