document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1048386>Question 1048386</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Marina had RM24,500 to invest.  She divided the money into three different accounts. At the end of the year, she had made RM1,300 in interest.  The annual yield on each of the three accounts was 4%, 5.5%, and 6%.  If the amount of money in the 4% account was four times the amount of money in the 5.5% account, how much had she placed in each account?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #664115 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=664115\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Marina had RM24,500 to invest.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " She divided the money into three different accounts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " At the end of the year, she had made RM1,300 in interest.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The annual yield on each of the three accounts was 4%, 5.5%, and 6%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If the amount of money in the 4% account was four times the amount of money in the 5.5% account, how much had she placed in each account?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let a = amt in the 4% acct<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let b = amt in the 5.5% acct<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let c = amt in the 6%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Marina had RM 24,500 to invest.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b + c = 24500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\" At the end of the year, she had made RM1,300 in interest. The annual yield on each of the three accounts was 4%, 5.5%, and 6%.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".04a + .055b + .06c = 1300<BR>\n" );
document.write( " \"If the amount of money in the 4% account was four times the amount of money in the 5.5% account,\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 4b<BR>\n" );
document.write( " how much had she placed in each account?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Replace a with 4b in both equations, simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4b + b + c = 24500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5b + c = 24500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = -5b + 24500<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".04(4b) + .055b + .06c = 1300<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".16a + .055b + .06c = 1300<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".215b + .06c = 1300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace c with (-5b+24500)<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".215b + .06(-5b+2400) = 1300<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".215b - .3b + 1470 = 1300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.085b = 1300 - 1470<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -170/-.085<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = $2000 in the 5.5% investment<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = -5(2000) + 24500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = -10000 + 24500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = $14,500 in the 6% <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find a using the 1st equation, replace b & c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + 2000 + 14500 = 24500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 24500 - 16500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = $8000 in the 4% acct<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can check this in the 2nd equation<BR>\n" );
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