Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 507 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 57 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?

Answer 1

Answer:

282 cheeseburgers         225 hamburgers

Step-by-step explanation:

for solution let x be hamburgers

y be cheese burgers

as we know that 57 more cheese burgers are sold than hamburgers, so hamburgers ca be written as

x+y=507 --------------1

y=x+57---------------2

 

adding value of y in equation 1

x+(x+57)= 507

2x+57=507

2x=507-57

2x = 450

x= 450/2

x=225 hamburgers

 

now for cheese burgers , add value of x in equation 2

y=x+57

y=225+57

y=282 cheeseburgers