Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 822 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 72 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Tuesday?

Answer 1

Hey there! Let’s break it down. We know that a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 822 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. Let’s represent the number of hamburgers sold as “x” and the number of cheeseburgers sold as “y”. So, we can write the first equation as x + y = 822.

We also know that there were 72 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. So, we can write the second equation as y = x + 72.

Now, we can substitute the value of y from the second equation into the first equation: x + (x + 72) = 822. Solving for x, we get x = 375.

So, the hamburger shop sold 375 hamburgers on Tuesday.

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