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Ann deposited money into two new accounts, A and B. Account A earns 5 percent simple annual interest and account B earns 8 percent simple annual interest. If there were no other transactions in the two accounts, then the amount of interest that account B earned in the first year was how many dollars greater than the amount of interest that account A earned in the first year?
1) Ann deposited $200 more in account B than in account A.
2) The total amount of interest that the two accounts earned in the first year was $120.
What is the value of 0.08B - 0.05A?
Statement 1:
B-A = 200
B = A+200
Case 1: A = $100 and B=$300, with the result that 0.08B - 0.05A = 0.08(300) - 0.05(100) = 24-5 = 19
Case 2: A = $200 and B=$400, with the result that 0.08B - 0.05A = 0.08(400) - 0.05(200) = 32-10 = 22
Since 0.08B-0.05A can be different values, INSUFFICIENT.
Statement 2:
0.05A + 0.08B = 120
No way to determine the value of 0.08B-0.05A.
INSUFFICIENT.
Statements combined:
Since we have two variables (A and B) and two distinct linear equations (B-A=200 and 0.05A + 0.08B = 120), we can solve for the two variables.
Thus, the value of 0.08B-0.05A can be determined.
SUFFICIENT.
The correct answer is
C.
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