SOLUTION: On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 584 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. H

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Question 1106313: On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
584
hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
HB=x
CB=3x
they add to 584, so 4x=584
Divide everything by 4
x=146 HB ANSWER
3x=438 CB
They add to 584.

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