Question

A garden table and a bench cost $890 combined. The garden table costs $40 more than the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

Answer 1

Let x represent the cost of the bench. We are told that the garden table costs $40 more than the bench. This means that the cost of the garden table is x + 40

Given that the combined cost of the garden table and the bench is $890, it means that

x + x + 40 = 890

2x + 40 = 890

2x = 890 - 40

2x = 850

x = 850/2

x = 425

The cost of the bench is $425