SOLUTION: A garden table and a bench cost 750 combined. The price of the garden table is two times the price of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?
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Question 178425: A garden table and a bench cost 750 combined. The price of the garden table is two times the price of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?
word problems get me everytime please help
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
they can be confusing at times cant they.
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try to start with the unknowns , it may help you.
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let the cost of the garden table and bench be g and b, respectively
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g+b=750.......eq 1
g=2b..........eq 2
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lets take the value of g which is 2b from eq 2 and plug it into every occurence of g in eq 1
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2b+b=750
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3b=750
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dollars-cost of bench
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incidentally that would mean that the garden table cost 500(750-250).
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