SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 385 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 65 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold o

Question 958738: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 385 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 65 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Tuesday?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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H=number of hamburgers; C=number of cheeseburgers=H-65
H+C=385 Substitute for C
H+(H-65)=385 Add 65 to each side.
2H=450 Divide each side by 2.
H=225 ANSWER: There were 225 hamburgers sold
CHECK:
C=H-65=225-65=160 There were 160 cheeseburgers sold.
H+C=385
225+160=385
385=385

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