Question

On Friday a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 520 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

130 hamburgers were sold on Friday.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of hamburgers sold on Friday, we can set up an equation. Let number of hamburgers sold is x. The number of cheeseburgers sold would then be 3x, since the number of cheeseburgers sold is three times the number of hamburgers sold. The total number of hamburgers and cheeseburgers sold is 520, so we can write the equation as x + 3x = 520. Combining like terms, we get 4x = 520. Dividing both sides of the equation by 4, we find that x = 130. Therefore, 130 hamburgers were sold on Friday.

Answer 2

The answer is 173 because you must divide 520 by 3 and you will get 173.