Jolene invests her savings in two bank accounts, one paying 5% and the other paying 8% interest per year. She puts twice as much in the lower-yielding account because it is less risky. If she earned $5526 of total interest for the year, how much was invested in each account?
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Since she invested twice as much in the 5% interest account, we can denote that amount as 2x. The total interest she earned for the year is the sum of the interest from both accounts. The interest from the 8% account is 0.08x and the interest from the 5% account Show more…
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