EBK COLLEGE ALGEBRA IN CONTEXT
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Author: YOCCO
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 47E
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47. Investments An investor wants to place a total of $500,000 in two or more of three investments with different degrees of risk. One investment pays 4%, one pays 8%, and one pays 10%, and the investor wants to earn $35,000 from the investments.
- a. Write a system of two equations to represent the problem, representing the amount in the 4% investment by x, the amount in the 8% investment by y, and the amount in the 10% investment by z.
- b. Solve the system.
- c. If the investor wants to put $225,000 in the 8% investment, how much should she put in each of the other investments?
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