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| Question 813466:  Katherine Chong invests $10,000 received from her grandmother in 3 ways. With one part, she buys U.S. savings bonds at an interest rate of 2.5% per year. She uses the second part, which amounts to twice the first, to buy mutual funds that offer a return of 6% per year. She puts the rest of the money into a money market account paying 4.5% annual interest. The first year her investments bring a return of $470. How much did she invest in each way.
 Answer by lwsshak3(11628)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Katherine Chong invests $10,000 received from her grandmother in 3 ways. With one part, she buys U.S. savings bonds at an interest rate of 2.5% per year. She uses the second part, which amounts to twice the first, to buy mutual funds that offer a return of 6% per year. She puts the rest of the money into a money market account paying 4.5% annual interest. The first year her investments bring a return of $470. How much did she invest in each way. ***
 let x=amount invested in savings bonds at 2.5%
 2x=amount invested in mutal funds at 6%
 10000-3x=amount invested in money market acount at 4.5%
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 2.5%x+6%*2x+4.5%(10000-3x)=470
 .025x+.12x+450-0.135x=470
 .01x=20
 x=2000
 2x=4000
 10000-3x=4000
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 amount invested in savings bonds=$2000
 amount invested in mutal funds=$4000
 amount invested in money market acount=$4000
 
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