document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=273049>Question 273049</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 494 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Friday. There were 56 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Friday? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h + c = 494<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = h-56<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for c and solve for \"h\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h + h-56 = 494<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2h = 550<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 275 (# of hamburgers sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since c = h-56, c = 219 (# of cheeseburgers sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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