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A man bought a horse and carriage for $500 paying three times as much for the carriage as for the horse how much did each cost
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A man bought a horse and carriage for $500 paying three times as much for the carriage as for the horse how much did each cost

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the horse was $125  and carriage  was $375
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Hello! So, in order to solve this question, we should do 500/4. 500/4 = 125. Multiply 125 by 3 and you get 375. The horse costs $125 and the carriage costs $375.
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