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10 April, 09:30

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?

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  1. 10 April, 11:50
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    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
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