A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 758 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Sunday. There were 58 more cheeseburgers sold then hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Sunday
Let's put the value of c into the first equation. h + h + 58 = 758 Simplify 2h + 58 = 758 Subtract 58 from both sides 2h + 58 - 58 = 758 - 58 2h = 700 Divide by 2 on both sides 2h/2 = 700/2 h = 350
350 hamburgers were sold on Sunday
Let's check our answer by putting the value of h into both of our original equations. 350 + c = 758 350 + 58 = c Solve 350 + 58 = 408 c = 408 350 + 408 = 758
