Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 659 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Sunday. There were 50 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers . How many were sold on Sunday

Answer 1

Answer:

The sold 354.5 hamburgers and 300.5 cheeseburgers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let number of hamburgers=h

Let number of cheeseburgers=c

On Sunday, the shop sold a combined total of 659 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. Therefore:

h+c=659....(I)

There were 50 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers .

c=h-50.....(ii)

Substitution of equation (ii) into (I)

h+(h-50)=659

2h=659+50

2h=709

h=709/2=354.5

From (ii)

c=h-50

=354.5-50=300.5

The sold 354.5 hamburgers and 300.5 cheeseburgers.

NOTE: These result are from the given data. However, we were not informed if the shop sells half burgers or not