SOLUTION: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 821 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 71 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold o

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Question 818168: A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 821 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 71 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?
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821-71=750
750/2=375 hamburgers
375+71=446 cheeseburgers