Question 129472
let x=IBM


"the Pepsico amount to be $1,000 less than twice the IBM amount" __ 2x-1000


"Microsoft amount to be $2,000 more than the total in the other two stocks"
__ x+2x-1000+2000 __ 3x+1000


x+2x-1000+3x+1000=30000 __ 6x=30000