Investor Matt has $83,000 to invest in a CD and a mutual fund. The CD yields 4% and the mutual fund yields an average of 8.5%. The mutual fund requires a minimum investment of $10,000, and Matt requires that at least 2 times as much money be invested in the CD as in the mutual fund. You must invest in these bonds to maximize his return. This can be set up as a linear programming problem. Introduce the decision variables: ?=dollars invested in the CD ?=dollars invested in the mutual fund

Investor Matt has $83,000 to invest in a CD and a mutual fund. The CD yields 4% and the mutual fund yields an average of 8.5%. The mutual fund requires a minimum investment of $10,000, and Matt requires that at least 2 times as much money be invested in the CD as in the mutual fund. You must invest in these bonds to maximize his return. This can be set up as a linear programming problem. Introduce the decision variables: ?=dollars invested in the CD ?=dollars invested in the mutual fund

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter6: Linear Systems

Section6.8: Linear Programming

Problem 3SC: In Example 3, if the accountant earns a profit of 100 on each individual return and a profit of 175...

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