A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
824
hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Monday. There were
74
more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday?
Call the number of hamburgers 'H' and the number of cheeseburgers 'C'.
We are told that: [tex] C+H=824 [/tex] and [tex] C=H+74[/tex] by back substitution: [tex]H+74+H=824[/tex] or [tex]2H=750[/tex] thus [tex]H=375[/tex] and so [tex]C=449[/tex]
To check: [tex]C+H=824[/tex] [tex]449+375=824[/tex] [tex]824=824[/tex] CHECKS
