Question

On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 429 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the

number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?
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Answer 1

Let H be the number of hamburgers sold and C be the number of cheeseburgers sold.

The total number of hamburgers and cheeseburgers sold is given by the equation: H + C = 429

The number of cheeseburgers sold is given by the equation: C = 2H

Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get: H + 2H = 429

Combining like terms, we get: 3H = 429

Dividing both sides by 3, we get: H = 143

On Thursday, 143 hamburgers were sold.