Question

A garden table and a bench cost S1000 combined. The cost of the garden table is three times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

Answer 1

250.

Explanation:

Let's call the cost of the bench "x".

The cost of the garden table is then 3x.

So the combined cost of both is x + 3x = 4x = 1000

So x = 250, and the cost of the bench is 250.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Let x be the cost of the bench. Then the cost of the garden table is 3x.

The combined cost of the bench and the table is 1000, so x + 3x = 1000.

Combining like terms, we get 4x = 1000.

Dividing both sides by 4, we get x = 250.

The cost of the bench is 250.