How can i sum an array like this in laravel

I have this returned from two rows in my table, and i want to be able to display the sum in laravel blade.

["212,703.00","212,703.00"]

I have tried, but not working.. the name of the column is amount

 $investamount = DB::table('investment')->get();
 return $investamount->sum('amount');

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