Question

A garden table and a bench cost $450 combined. The cost of the garden table is two times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

Answer 1

Let x be the cost of the bench...then the cost of the garden table will be 2x Right? (2 times the cost of the bench)...Now the combined cost of both is $450...so x+2x=450...Solve for x

Answer 2

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