Question

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 389 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Thursday. There were 61 fever cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?

Answer 1

225

Explanation:

Let h represent the number of hamburgers sold. Then h-61 is the number of cheeseburgers sold. The combined total is ...

h +(h -61) = 389

2h = 450 . . . . . . add 61

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

There were 225 hamburgers sold on Thursday.