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

The cost is 250

Explanation:

Let's call the cost of the bench "x". The cost of the garden table is then 3x. The combined cost of the two items is $1000, so we can set up the following equation:

x + 3x = 1000

Combining like terms, we have:

4x = 1000

Dividing both sides by 4, we find:

x = 250

So the cost of the bench is $250.