Jackson invested $300,000, dividing it all unequally between

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Jackson invested $300,000, dividing it all unequally between Account \(P\) and Account \(Q.\) At the end of the year, it turned out that Account \(P\) had earned 12% interest and Account \(Q\) had earned 25% interest. If Jackson earned a total of $60,000 in interest between the two accounts, which of the following is approximately the amount he put in account \(P?\)

A. $115,384
B. $120,000
C. $121,072
D. $124,129
E. $130,000

[spoiler]OA=A[/spoiler]

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