A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 440 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Wednesday. There were 60 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Wednesday?

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anonymous · Answer

please help

solomonzelman · Answer

let the number of hamburgers be H
let the number of cheeseburgers be C

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A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 440 hamburgers and
cheeseburgers on Wednesday.
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(it can be written as)  $\large\color{slate}{   H+C=440                  }$

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There were 60 fewer cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers.

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(it can be written as)  $\large\color{slate}{   H-C=60                 }$

solomonzelman · Answer

Solve the system by adding them, and from there it should be too hard:)

solomonzelman · Answer

then - the 2 equations

anonymous · Answer

what would I replace the letters as?