Rachel earns 2% simple annual interest on the money she has in her savings account. last year she did not deposit to or withdraw from her savings account and earned $35 in interest.

a. how much money did rachel have in her savings account at the beginning of last year? explain how you set up an equation to solve this.

b. how much money did rachel have in her savings account at the end of last year?

Which situation could best be represented by this linear equation? 24x + 38y = 520 > if x represents the number of bracelets and y represents the number of rings, there were 24 more bracelets sold than rings. the total sales were $520. if x represents the number of bracelets and y represents the number of rings, there were 38 more bracelets sold than rings. the total sales were $520. if x represents the number of bracelets sold at $24 each and y represents the number of rings sold at $38 each, the total sales were $520 if x represents the number of bracelets and y represents the number of rings, there were 520 bracelets and rings sold. bracelets were $24, and rings were $38. e