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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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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Model it in two equations:

g + b = 1000
g = 3b

Then plug one into the other

3b + b = 1000
4b = 1000
b = 250, g = 750

Chovy answered Nov 10, 2018

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