SOLUTION: each year a student uses the interest earned a two separate investment to help pay for college cost. the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,2

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Question 1121176: each year a student uses the interest earned a two separate investment to help pay for college cost. the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,200 and the total interest earned per year is 1,840, how much is invested at 11% rate?
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Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
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each year a student uses the interest earned a two separate investment to help pay for college cost.
the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,200 and the total interest earned per year is 1,840,
how much is invested at 11% rate?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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.. the annual interest rates are 11% and 13%. of the total amount interest is 15,200 and the total interest earned per year is 1,840, how much is invested at 11% rate?
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Invest x and y in each account
x%2By=1520

Total one-year interest:
0.11x%2B0.13y=1840


Question asks for x.
0.11x%2B0.13%281520-x%29=1840
0.11x%2B0.13%2A1520-0.13x=1840
-0.02x=1840-%280.13%29%281520%29
-0.02x=1642.4IMPOSSIBLE

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