document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1037905>Question 1037905</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A college student earns $5000 by working a full-time job every summer. He invested half the money in a mutual fund and half the money in a stock that yielded four times as much interest as the mutual fund. After a year he earned $250 in interest. What are the interest rates of the mutual fund and the stock?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #652564 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><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=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=652564\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the interest from his mutual fund investment. Then, 4x will be the interest from the money in stocks:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2500x+2500(4x)= 250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2500x+10000x = 250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12500x = 250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 250/12500 = 0.02 = 2%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And stocks: 4(2) = 8% </SPAN>\n" );
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