Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 509 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 59 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?

Answer 1

Let hamburgers equal x, then cheeseburgers equal x+59

x+x+59=509

2x=509-59

2x=450

x=225 (hamburgers)

225+59=284 (cheeseburgers)

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