document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186851>Question 1186851</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Douglas invests money in two simple interest accounts. He invests three times as much in an account paying 14% as he does in an account paying 5%. If he earns $152.75 in interest in one year from both accounts combined, how much did he invest altogether?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total Principal in Both Accounts = $ \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Douglas invests money in two simple interest accounts. He invests three times as much in an account paying 14% as he does in an account paying 5%. If he earns $152.75 in interest in one year from both accounts combined, how much did he invest altogether?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total Principal in Both Accounts = $ \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " an account pays 5% Assume the amount is $x  ( 0.05)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second account will be 3x @ 14%   (0.14)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "he earns $152.75 in interest in one year\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.05x + 0.14(3x) = 152.75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.05x +0.42x =152.75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.47x = 152.75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 152.78/0,47\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 325.06<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 3*325.06 =975.18\r<BR>\n" );
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