SOLUTION: A garden table and a bench cost $900 combined. The garden table costs $50 less than the bench. What is the cost of the bench

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Question 1013693: A garden table and a bench cost $900 combined. The garden table costs $50 less than the bench. What is the cost of the bench
Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the cost of the bench, b. The cost of the table would be b-50.
Together they add to $900...we write this as
b + b-50 = 900
2b - 50 = 900
2b = 950
b = $475

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