document.write( "Question 199437: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 496 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Saturday. There were 54 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many cheeseburgers were sold on Saturday? \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I tried hamburgers + cheesburgers =496. Now I dont know how to progress? can you please help?
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A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 496 hamburgers and cheeseburgers
\n" ); document.write( " on Saturday. There were 54 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers.
\n" ); document.write( " How many cheeseburgers were sold on Saturday?
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for the 1st statement (like you did)
\n" ); document.write( "h + c = 496
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\n" ); document.write( "Write another equation for the statement:
\n" ); document.write( "\"There were 54 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers.\"
\n" ); document.write( "c = h - 54
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute (h-54) for c in the 1st equation
\n" ); document.write( "h + (h-54) = 496
\n" ); document.write( "2h = 496 + 54
\n" ); document.write( "h = \"550%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "h = 275 hamburgers
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "275 - 54 = 221 cheeseburgers
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\n" ); document.write( "See if that is right
\n" ); document.write( "275 + 221 = 496
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