SOLUTION: An investor deposits P100,000 into two accounts. Twice the larger deposit is P25,000 less than three times the smaller deposit. Find the amount deposited in each account.
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Question 176344: An investor deposits P100,000 into two accounts. Twice the larger deposit is P25,000 less than three times the smaller deposit. Find the amount deposited in each account. Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let A and B be the amounts deposited.
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"Twice the larger deposit(B) is P25,000 less than three times the smaller deposit(A)"
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The choice of A and B as smaller and larger deposit is arbitrary... could be the other way around.
From eq. 1,
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Let's multiplied both sides by 2,
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Now substitute eq. 2 into eq. 1 and solve for A.
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From eq. 1,
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