SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 449 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 51 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold

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Question 1177733: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 449 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 51 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    hamburgers + cheeseburgers = 449


        h      +    (h - 51)   = 449


              2h               = 449 + 51

              2h               = 500

               h               = 500/2 = 250


ANSWER.  250 hamburgers  and  250-51 = 199  cheeseburgers.

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