Question

The number of cheeseburgers sold was 2 times the number of hamburger

Answer 1

137 hamburgers

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us call h the number of hamburgers sold and c the number of cheeseburgers.

Now we are told that a combined 411 hamburgers and cheeseburgers were sold, meaning

`h+c=411`

Furthermore, we are also told that two times as many cheeseburgers were sold as hamburgers, meaning

`c=2h`

Now, the first step in finding the value of h is to substitute c = 2h in the first equation to get

`2h+h=411`
`3h=411`

Dividing both sides by 3 gives

`h=(411)/(3)`
`h=137`

which is our answer!

Hence, 137 hamburgers were sold.