Problema Solution
On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
237
hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday?
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let
h = the number of hamburgers sold
c = the number of cheese burgers sold
On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 237 hamburgers and cheeseburgers:
h + c = 237
The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold:
c = 2h
by solving the system of equations:
h + c = 237
c = 2h
we find:
h = 79 hamburgers
c = 158 cheeseburgers
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there were 79 hamburgers sold on Monday.