Question 1127481
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A horse and a saddle cost $5000. If the horse cost 4 times as much as the saddle, what was the cost of each? 
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If the saddle costs x dollars, then the horse costs 4x dollars.


Together, they cost  x + 4x = 5x  dollars,  and it is $5000, according to the condition, so


    5x = 5000   is your equation,  which implies  x = 1000 dollars.


<U>Answer</U>.  The saddle costs $1000;  the horse costs $4000.
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