SOLUTION: On Saturday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 540 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How

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Question 974681: On Saturday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
540 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Saturday?

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On Saturday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
540 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Saturday?
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let x=number of hamburgers sold
540-x=number of cheeseburgers sold
540-x=3x
4x=540
x=135
How many hamburgers were sold on Saturday? 135