Question

a horse and a saddle cost 5000 dollars. if the horse cost 4 tomes as much as the saddle, what was the cost of each?

Answer 1

Let's represent the price of the horse with the variable 'h' and the price of the saddle with the variable 's':

h + s = 5000

h = 4s

Because we can substract s from both sides on the first equation:

h = -s + 5000

Because h = 4s and -s + 5000, we know that:

4s = -s + 5000

5s = 5000

s = 1000

Because we know that the saddle costs 1000, 5000 - 1000 = 4000, so:

The horse costs $4000, and the saddle costs $1000