SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 588 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 62 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold o

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Question 560544: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 588 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 62 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Tuesday?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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cheeseburgers ------- x numbers
hamburgers----------- y numbers
y-x= 62
x+y = 588
add both equations
2y=650
y=650/2
y= 325 ---------- hamburgers
cheese burgers 325-62= 263