A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 500 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Wednesday. There were 50 fewer cheeseburgers

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3 years ago

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sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Wednesday?

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Virty [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-14T15:41:18+03:00

Hey there! I'm happy to help!

Let's call the hamburgers h and the cheeseburgers c.

h+c=500

c=h-50

Let's plug this value for c into the first equation to solve for h.

h+h-50=500

2h-50=500

Add 50 to both sides.

2h=550

Divide both sides by 2.

h=275

Therefore, 275 hamburgers were sold on Wednesday.

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