SOLUTION: Last year, Heather had to invest. She invested some of it in an account that paid simple interest per year, and she invested the rest in an account that paid simple interest per

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Question 777601: Last year, Heather had to invest. She invested some of it in an account that paid simple interest per year, and she invested the rest in an account that paid simple interest per year. After one year, she received a total of in interest. How much did she invest in each account?

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Assume she had P to invest, a portion at x% and another portion at y%. If she received I interest, then:



Plug in your numbers for P, x, and y and then solve for . Then calculate

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