SOLUTION: Hello, can the following problem be solved using LCM or GCF? If not can you show how to solve it with algebra? Thank you A dining table cost $79.20 more than a chair. A chair co

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Question 989199: Hello, can the following problem be solved using LCM or GCF? If not can you show how to solve it with algebra? Thank you
A dining table cost $79.20 more than a chair. A chair cost $29.20 more than a stool. David bought 5 of each item and paid $922 in all. What is the cost of each stool.

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Neither LCM nor GCF have anything to do with this problem. Let represent the cost of a stool. Then the cost of a chair is and the cost of a table is . Then since the cost for 5 each is 922,



Solve for

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it