Problema Solution

Susan Marciano invested part of her $27,000 bonus in a fund that paid a 12% profit and invested the rest in stock that suffered a 5% loss. Find the amount of each investment if her overall net profit was $1,200

Answer provided by our tutors

the amount invested in 12% profit is x

and on stock is y

then x+y=27000

and 0.12x-0.05y=1200

solving equation we found

x=15000 and y=12000