Side by side latex figure/table placement
1. Place two figures side by side with separate captions and labels [copied from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/37582/88745]
\usepackage{subfigure}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\parbox{5cm}{
\includegraphics[width=5cm]{img1}
\caption{First.}
\label{fig:2figsA}}
\qquad
\begin{minipage}{5cm}
\includegraphics[width=5cm]{img2}
\caption{Second.}
\label{fig:2figsB}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
2. Place Table and a Figure side by side. [source:https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/265891/88745]
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{capt-of}% or \usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{varwidth}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\begin{varwidth}[b]{0.6\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ l r r r }
\toprule
Student & Hours/week & Grade \
\midrule
Ada Lovelace & 2 & A \
Linus Thorvalds & 8 & A \
Bruce Willis & 12 & F \
Richard Stallman & 10 & B \
Grace Hopper & 12 & A \
Alan Turing & 8 & C \
Bill Gates & 6 & D \
Steve Jobs & 4 & E \
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{Student Database}
\label{table:student}
\end{varwidth}%
\hfill
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.4\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=40mm]{example-image}
\captionof{figure}{2-D scatterplot of the Student Database}
\label{fig:image}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}
\end{document}