SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 494 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Friday. There were 56 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on
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Question 273049: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 494 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Friday. There were 56 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Friday?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 494 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Friday. There were 56 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Friday?
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Equations:
h + c = 494
c = h-56
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Substitute for c and solve for "h":
h + h-56 = 494
2h = 550
h = 275 (# of hamburgers sold)
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Since c = h-56, c = 219 (# of cheeseburgers sold)
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Stan H.
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