document.write( "Question 1029251: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 577 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 73 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "What you are given is this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "h + c = 577,   (1)     (h = # of hamburgers,  c = # of cheeseburgers)\r\n" );
document.write( "h - c =  73.   (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add equations 1) and (2) (both sides). You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "2h = 650.   Hence,   h =  = 325.  This is the number of hamburgers sold.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now find yourself the number of cheeseburgers.\r\n" );
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