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Both of these strategies are shown in the attached picture.
After you have the proportion set up, you will use cross products to solve for the number of raisins.
You can also use equivalent ratios to find the number of raisins.
Both of these strategies are shown in the attached picture.
Answer:
- CDs — $10,000
- bonds — $80,000
- stocks — $45,000
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the variables c, b, s represent the dollar amounts invested in CDs, stocks, and bonds, respectively. Then the problem statement gives us 3 relations between these 3 variables:
c + b + s = 135000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . total invested
0.0275c +.045b +0.104s = 8555 . . . . . total income earned
-c + b = 70000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000 more was in bonds than CDs
Using the third equation to write an expression for b, we can substitute into the other two equations.
b = 70000 +c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . expression we can substitute for b
c + (70000 +c) +s = 135000 . . . . substitute for b in the first equation
2c +s = 65000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [eq4] simplify
.0275c +.045(70000 +c) +.104s = 8555 . . . . . substitute for b in 2nd eqn
.0725c +.104s = 5405 . . . . . . . . . . [eq5] simplify
Using [eq4], we can write an expression for s that can be substituted into [eq5].
s = 65000 -2c . . . . . . . expression we can substitute for s
0.0725c +0.104(65000 -2c) = 5405
-0.1355c = -1355 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . subtract 6760, simplify
c = 1355/.1355 = 10,000
s = 65000 -2×10000 = 45,000
b = 70000 +10000 = 80,000
The amounts invested in stocks, bonds, and CDs were $45,000, $80,000, and $10,000, respectively.
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Alternatively, you can reduce the augmented matrix for this problem to row-echelon form using any of several calculators or on-line sites. That matrix is ...