document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1028742>Question 1028742</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mr. Cantoni invested 50,000.00. A part of it is invested in a bank at 2% yearly interest and another part of it in a mutual fund at a 5% yearly interest. How much investment was made in the mutual fund if his yearly income from the two is 2,800.00? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Mr. Cantoni invested 50,000.00. A part of it is invested in a bank at 2% yearly interest and another part of it <BR>\n" );
document.write( "in a mutual fund at a 5% yearly interest. How much investment was made in the mutual fund if his yearly income <BR>\n" );
document.write( "from the two is 2,800.00?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem has no adequate solution, since it is self-contradictory and describes a situation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which can not happen in reality.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Indeed, the claimed income of 2,800.00 is greater that 5% of the total sum of 50,000.00.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, even if the whole amount of 50,000.00 is invested at 5%, it can not generate 2,800.00.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "@mananth in his post solved the problem using his computer code, but obtained one deposit NEGATIVE, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "which is not possible in real life.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He did not notice this absurdism and presented negative investment as the solution <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This once again shows how dangerous it is to trust the solutions by @mananth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "He even does not read the solutions produced by his computer code and does not check them.\r<BR>\n" );
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