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Question 179787: A total of $50,000 is invested in two funds paying 8% and 8.5% simple interest. The annual interest is $4120. How much is invested in each fund?
Found 3 solutions by Mathtut, checkley77, solver91311:
Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x and y be the amount invested at 8% and 8.5% respectively
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x+y=50000........eq 1
.08x+.085y=4120.eq 2
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rewrite eq 1 to x=50000-y and plug that value into eq 2
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.08(50000-y)+.085y=4120
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4000-.08y+.085y=4120
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.005y=120
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 amount invested at 8.5%
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 amount invested at 8%
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .085x+.08(50,000-x)=4120
.085x+4,000-.08x=4120
.005x=4,120-4,000
.005x=120
x=120/.005
x=120/.005
x=24,000 invested @ 8.5%
50,000-24,000=26,000 invested @ 8%
Proof:
.085*24,000+.08*26,000=4,120
2040+2080=4,120
4,120=4,120
Answer by solver91311(24713)  (Show Source):
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