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A finance company has a total of $30 million earmarked for homeowner and auto loans. On...

A finance company has a total of $30 million earmarked for homeowner and auto loans. On the average, homeowner loans have a 10% annual rate of return, whereas auto loans yield a 12% annual rate of return. Management has also stipulated that the total amount of homeowner loans should be greater than or equal to 4 times the total amount of automobile loans. Determine the total amount of loans of each type that Madison should extend to each category in order to maximize its returns.

housing    million dollars
automobile    million dollars


What are the optimal returns?
? million dollars

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