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Consumer Math Homework question help.

You save $15,000.00. You place one-third in a savings account earning a 4.6% APR compounded annually. You then invest one quarter of the remaining balance in a 3-year U.S. Treasury bond earning a 5.2% APR compounded annually and the rest in a stock plan. Your stock plan increases in value 3% the first year, decreases 8% in value the second year, and increases 6% in value the third year. What are the balances for each account by the end of the third year and the total gain on your original saved amount?

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Here's the equation:
0.052(5000) + 0.03(10000) + 0.08(10000) + 0.06(10000)
0.052(5000) + 0.17(10000)
260 + 1700
There was an $1960 increase
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