Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 559 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Saturday. There were 59 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Saturday?

Answer 1

Let H be hamburger and C be chesseburger.

H+C=559
H+59=C

H+(H+59)=559
2H+59+559

2H=559-59
2H=500

H=500/2
H=250

250 hamburgers were sold on Saturday.

Answer 2

559-59=500/2=250 hamburgers I believe