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?

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