SOLUTION: The price of a table is y naira and the price of a matching chair is 1/3 the price of the table if a customer pays 28000 naira for the two items,find the price of the table
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Question 1109888: The price of a table is y naira and the price of a matching chair is 1/3 the price of the table if a customer pays 28000 naira for the two items,find the price of the table
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
table is y, and chair is (1/3)y
they add to 28000
so 28000=(4/3)y
y=21000 for table ANSWER
matching chair is 7000
they add to 28000.
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