Problema Solution

A bank lends $10,000, part of itat 11% annual interest and the rest at 14%. If theannual income is $1,265, how much was lent at eachrate?

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'x' represent the amount lent at 11%, then '10000-x' represents the amount lent at 14%


interest = principal * rate * time

we assume time to be equal to 1


1265 = 0.11x + 0.04(10000-x)

solving for 'x' we have x=12357


this indicates an error in the problem statement since the amount lent at 11% ($12,357) exceeds the total amount of $10,000


perhaps the bank lent $100,000?