Question

A television and DVD player cost a total of 1132. The cost of the television is three times the cost of the DVD player. What is the cost of each item?

Answer 1

let x rep cost of dvd in $
so the cost of tv is 3x
and x + 3x = 1132
4x=1132
x=1132/4
x= 283 and 3x=3(283)=849