Question

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 1

cost of bench = x
cost of garden table = 3x

cost of bench and garden table = 1000

(cost of bench) + (cost of garden table) = (cost of bench and garden table)

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