10) You invest $15,000, a portion earning a simple interest rate of 2 2 % per year and the rest earning a rate of 1 2 % per year. After one year, the total interest earned on these investments was $350. How much money did you invest at each rate? Write an equation. Then solve. Please identity how much at each rate.

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10) You invest $15,000, a portion earning a simple interest rate of 2 2 % per year
and the rest earning a rate of 1 2 % per year. After one year, the total interest
earned on these investments was $350. How much money did you invest at each
rate? Write an equation. Then solve. Please identity how much at each rate.
11) If it takes you twelve hours to paint an apartment and your parents can do it in
eight hours, then how long would it take if you and your parents worked together?
Write an equation. Then solve.
Transcribed Image Text:10) You invest $15,000, a portion earning a simple interest rate of 2 2 % per year and the rest earning a rate of 1 2 % per year. After one year, the total interest earned on these investments was $350. How much money did you invest at each rate? Write an equation. Then solve. Please identity how much at each rate. 11) If it takes you twelve hours to paint an apartment and your parents can do it in eight hours, then how long would it take if you and your parents worked together? Write an equation. Then solve.
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