Vong grilled 21 burgers at a block party. He grilled the same number of pounds of turkey burgers as hamburgers. Each turkey burger weighed 1/4 pound and each hamburger weighed 1/3 pound. How many of each did Vong grill?

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anonymous · Answer

I have two equations t+h=21 and 1/4t = 1/3h

anonymous · Answer

I am just not sure if they are right

anonymous · Answer

If they are then t=12 and h=9

anonymous · Answer

okay, I checked, they work.

anonymous · Answer

Let t be the number of turkey burgers.
From the problem statement:

t (1/4) = (21 - t) (1/3)
t = 12