SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 697 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 53 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold

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Question 535427: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 697 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 53 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?
Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
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h = hamburgers
c = cheeseburgers
h + c = 697
so
h = 697-c
.
h = c+53
.
h=h
so
697-c = c+53
-2c = -644
c = 322
.
h = 697 - 322
h = 375
.
Answer: 375 hamburgers and 322 cheeseburgers
.
Done.