Question

On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 596 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday?​

Answer 1

Cheeseburgers = 447

Hamburgers = 149

Steps:

596 = 3x + x

596 = 4x

149 = x

149 * 3 = 447

Check:

596 = 3(149) + 149

596 = 447 + 149

596 = 596 ✅

Cheeseburgers (3x) = 447

Hamburgers (x) = 149