Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 524 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Monday. There were 74 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers.

How many hamburgers were sold on Monday?

Answer 1

225

Explanation:

You want to know the number of hamburgers sold if the total of hamburgers and cheeseburgers was 524, and there were 74 more cheeseburgers sold.

Setup

Let h represent the number of hamburgers sold. Then (h+74) is the number of cheeseburgers, and the total is ...

h +(h +74) = 524

Solution

Simplifying gives ...

2h +74 = 524

2h = 450 . . . . . . . subtract 74

h = 225 . . . . . . . divide by 2

225 hamburgers were sold on Monday.

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