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OpenStudy (anonymous):

An investor invested a total of $1900 in two mutual funds. One fund earned a 8 percent profit while the other earned a 3 percent profit. If the invester's total profit was $72 how much was invested in each mutual fund?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[.09x+.03(1900-x)=72\] is what you need so solve

OpenStudy (anonymous):

probably easiest to multiply by \(100\) and solve \[9x+3(1900-x)=7200\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok ty

OpenStudy (anonymous):

reasoning that if you put \(x\) as the amount invested at 9% it makes \(.09x\) dollars, while the rest of the money \(1900-x\) invested at 3% makes \(.03(1900-x)\) for a total of \[.09x+.03(1900-x)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yw

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it was at 8 percent not 9 percent so im confused

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