document.write( "Question 1153654: Brian has half of his investments in stock paying a 10% dividend and the other half in a stock paying 14% interest. If his total annual interest is $780, how much does he have invested? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the HALF of what Brian invested.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you have this equation for the total interest\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.10*x + 0.14*x = 780  dollars,   or\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.24x = 780.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence,  x =  = 3250 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the Brian's total investment was twice this amount, or  6500 dollars.\r\n" );
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