shawn invested one half of his savings in a bond that paid simple interest for 2 years and received $ 650 as interest . he invested the remaining in a bond that paid compound interest , interest being compounded annually , for the same 2 years at the same rate of interest and received $ 725 as interest . what was the value of his total savings before investing in these two bonds ?
so , we know that shawn received 20 % of the amount he invested in a year . we also know that in one year shawn received $ 325 , thus 0.2 x = $ 325 - - > x = $ 1625 since , he invested equal sums in his 2 bonds , then his total savings before investing was 2 * $ 1,625 = $ 3,250 answer d
multiply(divide(multiply(divide(650, 2), divide(650, 2)), subtract(725, 650)), 2)