Larry bought a lawn ornament that was marked down 60% from an original price of $75. If he paid 10% sales tax, what was the tota
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a = total amount invested at 5%
b = total amount invested at 8%
we know 5% was earned in interest from "a", so that'd be (5/100) * a or 0.05a.
we know 8% was earned in interest from "b", so that'd be (8/100) * a or 0.08b.
we also know that the total for both is 1000, a + b = 100.
