49. Samantha Sweigart invested $12,600 in the MFS Utilities “B” Mutual Fund. The net asset value of the fund at the time of purchase was $18.00 and was back-loaded with a
loading rate of 3.0%. When she sold her fund shares, the net asset value was $20.25.
(a) How many shares did Samantha buy? (b) Considering the back-end load, how
much profit (loss) did Samantha make on her investment?

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step-by-step explanation:

arrange the equations with like terms in columns.

analyze the coefficients of x or y.

add the equations and solve for the remaining variable.

substitute the value into either equation and solve.

check the solution.

step-by-step explanation:

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answer:

x - 3

discussion:

x^2 - 9 = (x-3) (x+3)   so

(x^2-9)/ (x + 3) = x-3

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