Question

On Saturday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 464 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Saturday?

Answer 1

Cheeseburgers= x
Hamburgers= x*3

3x+x=464
4x=464
x=116

Substitute- Cheeseburgers= 116
                   Hamburgers= 3*116=348
Check- 116
           +348
           ____
               464

There are 348 hamburgers.

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