document.write( "Question 188941: On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 448 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #141700 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 448 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday? \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Equations: \n" ); document.write( "Quantity Eq. : h + c = 448 \n" ); document.write( "Quantity Eq. : c = 3h \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Substitute to solve for \"h\": \n" ); document.write( "h + 3h = 448 \n" ); document.write( "4h = 448 \n" ); document.write( "h = 112 (# of hamburgers) \n" ); document.write( "---------- \n" ); document.write( "Substitute to solve for \"c\": \n" ); document.write( "112 + c = 448 \n" ); document.write( "c = 336 (# of cheesburgers) \n" ); document.write( "======================= \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |