document.write( "Question 1095974: a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 650 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on tuesday. There were 50 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on tuesday? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "H + C = 650     (1)    (\"a combined total of 650 hamburgers and cheeseburgers\")\r\n" );
document.write( "C = H - 50      (2)    (\"There were 50 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers.\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute C = H - 50  into (2),  based on (1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "H + (H-50) = 650  ====>  2H - 50 = 650  ====>  2H = 650+50 = 700  ====>  H = 350 hamburgers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  350 hamburgers and 300 cheeseburgers.\r\n" );
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