SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 822 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Wednesday. There were 72 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold

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Question 269202: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 822 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Wednesday. There were 72 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Wednesday?

Answer by suhasbhat(3) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let h be hamburgers sold and c be the cheeseburgers sold.
h + c = 822. ---> eqn(1)
But c = h + 72. (because 72 more cheese burgers were sold than hamburgers).
Now substitute (h+72) for c in eqn(1).
h + (h+72) = 822.
2 h + 72 = 822.
2h = 822 - 72
2h = 750.
h = 375.
A total of 375 hamburgers and 375+72 cheeseburgers were sold on the given Wednesday.