Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 486 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Sunday. There were 64 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Sunday?

Answer 1

Explanation:

h and c are the numbers of hamburgers and cheeseburgers, respectively.

“a combined total of 486 hamburgers and cheeseburgers”

h + c = 486

“64 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers”

c = h - 64

Substitution:

h + (h-64) = 486

2h = 550

h = 275

275 hamburgers were sold