Question

on Monday a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 375 hamburgers and cheese burgers. the number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold.how many hamburgers were sold?

Answer 1

Answer =

Equations:

Quantity Eq. : h + c = 375

Quantity Eq. : c = 3h

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Substitute to solve for "h":

h + 2h = 375

3h = 375

h = 125 (# of hamburgers)

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Substitute to solve for "c":

125 + c = 375

c = 250 (# of cheeseburgers)