Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 712 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 62 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Tuesday?

Answer 1

A local hamburger shop sold a total of 712 burgers on Tuesday

There are 62 more cheeseburgers than hamburgers

let cheeseburers = c
let hamburgers = h

h + 62 = c
c + h = 712

Plug in h + 62 for c

(h + 62) + h = 712
2h + 62 = 712
2h + 62 (-62) = 712 (-62)
2h = 650
2h/2 = 650/2
h = 325

There are 325 hamburgers sold on Tuesday

c = 325 + 62
c = 387

There are 387 chesseburgers sold on tuesday (in case you were wondering)


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