Question 199436
A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 496 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Saturday. There were 54 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many cheeseburgers were sold on Saturday?
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Let C = number of cheeseburgers sold
then from "There were 54 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers."
C+54 = number of hamburgers sold
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C + C+54 = 496
2C+54 = 496
2C = 442
C = 221 (number of cheeseburgers sold)