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*Roberto decided to invest 20,000 in two accounts. One fo the accounts pays 5% interest and the other pays 8% interest. The interest he earned in one year was $1210. How much did he have invested in each account?* Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x and y be the amounts invested at 5 and 8% respectively
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x+y=20000...............eq 1
.05x+.08y=1210..........eq 2
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rewrite eq 1 to x=20000-y and plug this into eq 2
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.05(20000-y)+.08y=1210
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1000-.05y+.08y=1210
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.03y=210
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y=7000 dollars invested at 8%
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x=20000-y=20000-7000=13000 invested at 5%
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