document.write( "Question 1080384: $2000 is invested in certificates of deposit. Some of the $3000 is placed in a 4% simple interest certificate of deposit and the rest in a 5% simple interest certificate of deposit. If at the end of the year, $88 was the total interest earned, how much was invested in the 5% certificate? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let n and 2000-n be the amounts deposited at 5% and 4%, respectively. Then:
\n" ); document.write( ".05n+.04(2000-n)=88
\n" ); document.write( ".01n=8
\n" ); document.write( "n=$800 invested at 5%; $1200 invested at 4%. ☺☺☺☺
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