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kent invested $5000 in a retirement plan. he allocated x dollars off the money to a bond that earns 4% interest per year and the rest into a traditional account that earns 5% interest per year. 

a. write an expression that represents the amount of money invested in the traditional account

b. write a polynomial model in simplest form for the total amount of money T Kent has invested after one year (hint: each account has A + iA dollars, where A is the original amount in the account and i is the interest rate)

c. if kent put $500 in the bond account, how much money does he have in his retirement plan after one year?

 

and help to this equation would help a lot. thanks!! :)

 Oct 11, 2016
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kent invested $5000 in a retirement plan. he allocated x dollars off the money to a bond that earns 4% interest per year and the rest into a traditional account that earns 5% interest per year. 

$x into a bond at 4% pa

 

 

a. write an expression that represents the amount of money invested in the traditional account

$(5000-x) in the back at 5%pa

 

b. write a polynomial model in simplest form for the total amount of money T Kent has invested after one year (hint: each account has A + iA dollars, where A is the original amount in the account and i is the interest rate)

 

After one year the bond will grow to   x + 0.04x

= x(1+0.04)

= 1.04x

 

After one year the traditional account  will grow to  

(5000-x)    + 0.05(5000-x) 

=5000-x    + 0.05*5000  -  0.05x

=5000  -  x    + 250  -  0.05x

=5250  -  1.05x

 

So altogether

T = 1.04x + 5250  -  1.05x

T =  5250  -  0.01x

 

c. if kent put $500 in the bond account, how much money does he have in his retirement plan after one year?

x=500

T= 5250  - 0.01*500

T= 5250 - 5

T= $5245

 Oct 11, 2016

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