SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 704 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 54 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers wer

Question 862516: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
704
hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were
54
more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

Let x represent number of hamburgers

 H + CB= 704

 x + (x+54) = 704    |There were 54 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers 

    2x = 650

     x = 325 hamburgers and  379 cheeseburgers  



  

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