Kira bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop cost
$350
more than the desktop. She paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desktop the interest rate was
6.5%
per year, and for the laptop it was
9%
per year. The total finance charges for one year were
$388
. How much did each computer cost before finance charges?

Please help?

Question

Kira bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop cost 
$350
 more than the desktop. She paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desktop the interest rate was 
6.5%
 per year, and for the laptop it was 
9%
 per year. The total finance charges for one year were 
$388
. How much did each computer cost before finance charges? 

Please help?

anonymous · Answer

I'm here to help

writerforever18 · Answer

Oh thank you!

writerforever18 · Answer

Ok so I tried solving it on my own and the second answer I got didn't make sense because it was negative and the number I was subtracting from 388 was larger than it. This was when I was trying to get the Laptop value.

writerforever18 · Answer

For the Desktop value I got 2300 dollars.