SOLUTION: A garden table and a bench cost $721 combined. The garden table costs $71 more than the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

SOLUTION: A garden table and a bench cost $721 combined. The garden table costs $71 more than the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

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Question 1101937: A garden table and a bench cost

$721

combined. The garden table costs

$71

more than the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
bench=x
garden table=x+71
Their sum, x+x+71=2x+71=721
subtract 71 from both sides
2x=650
divide by 2 both sides
x=$325 bench ANSWER
x+71=$396 table
They add to $721
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