Answer:
133 hamburgers.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 532 hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold.
Question asked:
How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday ?
Solution:
Let the number of hamburgers sold on Thursday =
Then number of cheeseburgers sold on Thursday =
Total hamburgers and cheeseburgers sold = 532
Number of hamburgers sold + Number of cheeseburgers sold = 532
[tex]x+3x=532\\ \\ 4x=532\\ \\ Dividing\ both\ sides\ by\ 4\\ \\ \frac{4x}{4} =\frac{532}{4\\ } \\\\ x=133[/tex]
The number of hamburgers sold on Thursday = [tex]x[/tex] = 133
Therefore, 133 hamburgers were sold on Thursday.
