Question

On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 438 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?

Answer 1

146 hamburgers

Explanation:

Use x as the number of hamburgers

and 2x as the number of cheeseburgers sold

x + 2x = 438

3x = 438

x = 146