A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 578 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Tuesday. There were 72 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Tuesday?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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h = hamburgers sold
2h - 72 = 578
2h = 650
2 2
h = 325
There were 72 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. That means cheeseburgers = 325 - 72
325 - 72 = 253
253 = cheeseburgers
325 = hamburgers
253 + 325 = 578
Hamburgers = 325