SOLUTION: Equal amounts are invested in two accounts paying 4% and 5% interest annually. If one year's combined interest income is $324, how much is invested in each acount? And what would

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Question 275900: Equal amounts are invested in two accounts paying 4% and 5% interest annually. If one year's combined interest income is $324, how much is invested in each acount? And what would the equation be?
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Let represent the amount invested at 4%. Since the amounts are equal, also represents the amount invested at 5%. The amount of interest paid in 1 year at 4% is . And the amount of interest paid on the 5% money in 1 year is . The sum of these two amounts is $324, so:



Just solve for .

John