SOLUTION: Steve invested $6000, part at 7% and the rest at 14%. If the amount of interested earned at 7% was 2 times the amount of interest earned at 14%, how much did Steve invest at each r

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Question 1088592: Steve invested $6000, part at 7% and the rest at 14%. If the amount of interested earned at 7% was 2 times the amount of interest earned at 14%, how much did Steve invest at each rate?
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Steve invested $6000, part at 7% and the rest at 14%. If the amount of highlight%28cross%28interested%29%29 interest
earned at 7% was 2 times the amount of interest earned at 14%, how much did Steve invest at each rate?
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Looking in the input numbers,  I can solve it MENTALLY:

$4800  at  7%,       and

$1200  at  14%.

Check.  0.07*4800 = 336;   0.14*1200 = 168;   336%2F168 = 2.   Correct !