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A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 437 hamburger and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 63 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?

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Let h represent hamburgers and c represent cheeseburgers. We can set up an equation:

h + c = 437

h + (h - 63) = 437

h + (h - 63 + 63) = 437 + 63

h + h = 500

2h = 500

2h / 2 = h

500 / 2 = 250

h = 250

250 hamburgers were sold.

To find how many cheeseburgers were sold, we subtract 250 - 63:

250 - 63 = 187

187 cheeseburgers were sold.

187 + 250 = 437

250 hamburgers and 187 cheeseburgers were sold on Thursday.
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