SOLUTION: Skyler invests $4700 in two different accounts. The first account paid 5 %, the second account paid 6 % in interest. At the end of the first year he had earned $271 in interest. Ho
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Question 1129562: Skyler invests $4700 in two different accounts. The first account paid 5 %, the second account paid 6 % in interest. At the end of the first year he had earned $271 in interest. How much was in each account?
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If currency units are invested in two accounts, one yielding percent interest per annum and the other yielding percent interest per annum, and the total interest earned in one year is currency units, and further if the amount invested in the first account is currency units, then the following relation must hold:
Plug in your numbers and do the arithmetic.
John
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