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
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document.write( "I tried hamburgers + cheesburgers =496. Now I dont know how to progress? can you please help? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #149932 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for the 1st statement (like you did) \n" ); document.write( "h + c = 496 \n" ); document.write( ": \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 \n" ); document.write( "; \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 = \n" ); document.write( "h = 275 hamburgers \n" ); document.write( "then \n" ); document.write( "275 - 54 = 221 cheeseburgers \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "See if that is right \n" ); document.write( "275 + 221 = 496 \n" ); document.write( " |