SOLUTION: Kathy and Mark Smith believe investing in their retirement is critical. Kathy began investing 20% of each paycheck in a retirement account when she was 20 years old. She has saved

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Question 1185641: Kathy and Mark Smith believe investing in their retirement is critical. Kathy began investing 20% of each paycheck in a retirement account when she was 20 years old. She has saved four times more than Mark who began saving when he was 35. If their total retirement savings equals $1,540,000, how much are Kathy’s and Mark's investments worth?

Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let me make a note regarding your writing.

In  Math problems in  English,  they  NEVER  use this combination of words  " four times more than . . . "

It is  PROHIBITED  in  Math problems in  English,  because it  ALWAYS  creates  AMBIGUOSITY.

They usually write  " four times as much as . . . "   or  " three times as much as . . . ",  depending on context.


THEREFORE,  I will not solve this problem,  waiting when you submit a correct/ (a corrected)  version.


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For your education,  read from this sources

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/7894/x-times-as-many-as-or-x-times-more-than

https://web.augsburg.edu/~schield/MiloPapers/984OfSigCompare3.pdf



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