Question 372988:   
To buy both a new car and a new house, Tina sought two loans totalling $191,610. The simple interest rate on the first loan was 6.3%, while the simple interest rate on the second loan was 8.8%. At the end of the first year, Tina paid a combined interest payment of $16,681.66. What were the amounts of the two loans? 
 Answer by mananth(16946)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! To buy both a new car and a new house, Tina sought two loans totalling $191,610. The simple interest rate on the first loan was 6.3%, while the simple interest rate on the second loan was 8.8%. At the end of the first year, Tina paid a combined interest payment of $16,681.66. What were the amounts of the two loans?
 
 
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$ x ---------------- 6.3% 
$y------------------ 8.8% 
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Interest on both = 16,681.66 
Loan = 191,610 
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x+y = 191,610.......................1 
6.3x+8.8y=16681.66*100 
multiply by 10 
63x+88y=16,681.66*100*10 
63x+88y=16,681,660...................2 
multiply (1) by -63 
-63x-63y=-12,071,430 
add to (2) 
25y=4610230 
y=184,409.2 ------8.8% 
x=7,200.80 -------6.3%
 
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