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?

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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let a garden table be T and a bench B
if the cost of the garden table is three times the cost of the bench, we have
T=3B
if cost $1000 combined,we have
T%2BB=1000
3B%2BB=1000
4B=1000
B=1000%2F4
B=250=>the cost of the bench
and
T=3B=>T=3%2A250=>T=750=>the cost of the table