document.write( "Question 1199488: A bank loaned out $12,000, part of it at the rate of 8% per year and the rest at the rest of 18% per year. If the interest received totalled $1000, how much was loaned at 8%?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x = amount loaned at 8%\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Part 2 = 0.18(12,000 - x)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Part 1 + Part 2 = Interest received total\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "0.08x + 0.18(12,000 - x) = 1000\r
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