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Question 633377: Melissa invested a sum of money at 3% annual interest. She invested three times that sum at 5% annual interest. If her total yearly interest from both investments was 5400, how much was invested at 3%
Answer by John10(297)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Melissa invested a sum of money at 3% annual interest. She invested three times that sum at 5% annual interest. If her total yearly interest from both investments was 5400, how much was invested at 3% ?
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Hello, we need to find the sum of money which invest at 3% interest.
So we will assume that amount is x. Thus the amount of money invest into 5% is 3x.
We know that the sum of interest from both account (3% and 5%) is 5400.
We will have an equation:
0.03x + 0.05(3x) = 5400
0.03x + 0.15x = 5400
0.18x = 5400
x = 5400/0.18
x = 30,000
Thus the sum of money invest in 3% is $30,000.
Hope it helps:)
John10
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