SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 700 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 50 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on
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Question 626019: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 700 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 50 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Tuesday?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of cheeseburgers sold
Let = number of hamburgers sold
given:
(1)
(2)
----------------
(2)
Now add (1) and (2)
(1)
(2)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
325 hamburgers were sold on tuesday
check:
50 more cheeseburgers than hamburgers? yes
? yes
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