Problema Solution
On Wednesday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
342
hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Wednesday?
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let
h = the number of hamburgers sold
c = the number of cheeseburgers sold
On Wednesday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 342 hamburgers and cheeseburgers:
h + c = 342
The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold:
c = 2h
by solving the system of equations:
h + c = 342
c = 2h
we find:
c = 228 cheeseburgers
h = 114 hamburgers
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there were 114 hamburgers sold on Wednesday.