Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 713 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 63 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Tuesday?

Answer 1

325 hamburgers were sold on Tuesday

Explanation:

We can start solving the problem by using algebra. Let H be the number of hamburgers sold and C be the number of cheeseburgers sold. We know from the problem that:

H + C = 713 (total number of hamburgers and cheeseburgers sold)

C = H + 63 (there were 63 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers)

We can substitute the second equation into the first equation:

H + (H + 63) = 713

2H + 63 = 713

2H = 650

H = 325