Question

On Friday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 584 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Friday?

Answer 1

Let h be the number of hamburgers sold on Friday.

We know that the number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold.

c = 3h

where c is the number of cheeseburgers sold.

We also know that the combined total of hamburgers and cheeseburgers sold was 584, so we can write:

h + c = 584

Substituting c = 3h into the second equation, we get:

h + 3h = 584

Simplifying:

4h = 584

Dividing both sides by 4, we get:

h = 146

Therefore, 146 hamburgers were sold on Friday.