SOLUTION: A garden table and a bench cost $1000 combined. The cost of the garden table is three times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

Question 995497: A garden table and a bench cost
$1000
combined. The cost of the garden table is three times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let a garden table be and a bench
if the cost of the garden table is three times the cost of the bench, we have

if cost $ combined,we have

=>the cost of the bench
and
=>=>=>the cost of the table

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