Question

On Wednesday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 372 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Wednesday?

Answer 1

93 hamburgers

Explanation:

let cheeseburgers=c

let hamburgers=h

c=3h

c+h=372

Substitute c for 3h

3h+h=372

4h=372

h=93

c=h*3=93*3=279

279 cheeseburgers 93 hamburgers