SOLUTION: On Sunday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 363 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold. How many

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Question 1146791: On Sunday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 363 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Sunday?
Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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If "x" is the number of hamburgers, then the number of cheeseburgers is 2x.


The equation for the total is


    x + 2x = 363.


Simplify to get the solution


    3x = 363,

     x = 363/3 = 121.


ANSWER.  121 hamburgers.