SOLUTION: A garden table and a bench cost 450 combined. The cost of the garden table is two times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

Question 842171: A garden table and a bench cost 450 combined. The cost of the garden table is two times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

A garden table and a bench cost  450 combined. 

The cost of the garden table is two times the cost of the bench . 

  2x + x = 450

     3x = 450

      x = 150, the cost of the bench  

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