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Question 823085: On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 472 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?
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On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 472 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?
472 = x + 3x
472 = 4x
118 = x
354 cheeseburgers
118 hamburgers