Mona Galland received a year-end bonus of $\$17,000$ from her company and invested
the money in an account paying $6.5\%$. How much additional money should she deposit in
an account paying $5\%$ so that the return on two investments will be $6\%$?
Step 1: Read the problem, we are asked to find the amount invested in $5\%$ interest rate.
Step 2 : Assign the variable. Then organize the information in the table.
Let $x = $ amount invested in $5\%$ interest rate
$
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
& \rm{Principal} & \cdot & \text{Rate} & = & \rm{Interest} \\
\hline
6.5\% & 17,000 & \cdot & 0.065 & = & 0.065(17,000) \\
\hline
5\% & x & \cdot & 0.05 & = & 0.05(x)\\
\hline
\text{Return of Investment} & (x + 17,000) & \cdot & 0.06 & = & 0.06(x + 17,000)\\
\hline
\end{array}
$
Step 3: Write an equation from the last column of the table
$0.065(17,000) + 0.05x = 0.06(x + 17,000)$
Step 4: Solve
$
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
1,105 +0.05x &= 0.06x + 1,020\\
\\
0.05x - 0.06x &= 1,020 - 1,105\\
\\
-0.01x &= -85\\
\\
x &= 8,500
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
$
Step 5: State the answer
In other words, the additional invested must be $\$8,500$
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Intermediate Algebra, Chapter 2, 2.3, Section 2.3, Problem 54
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