Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 553 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Wednesday. There were 53 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Wednesday?

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Answer 1

Answer: Let's call the number of hamburgers sold "x". Then the number of cheeseburgers sold would be x + 53. The total number of hamburgers and cheeseburgers sold is 553, so we can set up the equation:

x + (x + 53) = 553

Expanding the left side:

2x + 53 = 553

Subtracting 53 from both sides:

2x = 500

Finally, dividing both sides by 2:

x = 250

So on Wednesday, 250 hamburgers were sold.

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