Question

A garden table and a bench cost $750 combined. The cost of the garden table is two times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?

Answer 1

The bench costs $250.

Answer 2

I worked out this on paper, then missed a few steps & looked it up :)

The equation looks like this

2b + b = 750

This simplifies to

3b = 750

Divide

3b/3 = b

750/3 = 250

So, the cost of the bench is $250.