Question

The price of a table and chair together is 1500 rupees. The price of the table is four times that of the chair. What is the price of each?

Answer 1

Let the price of the chair be Rs.x.

The price of the table = 4 × Price of the chair = Rs.4x

Algebraic form of the problem is:

x + 4x = 1500

⇒ 5x = 1500

∴ Price of the chair = Rs.300

Price of the table = Rs.4 × 300 = Rs.1200