Question 685830: You invested a total of $11,200 in shares of the three stocks at the given prices, and expected to earn $304 in annual dividends. If you purchased a total of 250 shares, how many shares of each stock did you purchase?
Price / Dividend Yield
GE(general electric) $16 7%
WMT(Walmart) $56 2%
XOM(Exxon Mobile) $80 2%
Found 2 solutions by MathTherapy, amalm06:
Answer by MathTherapy(10557)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You invested a total of $11,200 in shares of the three stocks at the given prices, and expected to earn $304 in annual dividends. If you purchased a total of 250 shares, how many shares of each stock did you purchase?
Price / Dividend Yield
GE(general electric) $16 7%
WMT(Walmart) $56 2%
XOM(Exxon Mobile) $80 2%
Finance problem on math website!!
Anyway,
Amount of GE shares purchased = 100
Amount of WMT shares purchased = 100
Amount of XOM shares purchased = 50
Answer by amalm06(224)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Number of Shares: x+y+z=250
Cost of Shares: 16x+5y+80z=11200
Dividends: 0.07x+0.02y+0.02z=304
Use Gaussian elimination to solve for x,y, and z.
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