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On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 596 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three time
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On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 596 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday?
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Answer:
Cheeseburgers = 447
Hamburgers = 149
Steps:
596 = 3x + x
596 = 4x
149 = x
149 * 3 = 447
Check:
596 = 3(149) + 149
596 = 447 + 149
596 = 596 ✅
Cheeseburgers (3x) = 447
Hamburgers (x) = 149