On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 536 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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3mar · Answer

May I help?

lyssburleson · Answer

please

3mar · Answer

That is with my pleasure!

Any ideas you have?

lyssburleson · Answer

I'm not really sure, I'm having a hard time trying to figure it out

3mar · Answer

Ok, sister!
Step by step, it will be easy In Sha' Allah!


"A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 536 hamburgers and cheeseburgers."

Can you define two variables fror each type of food!?

lyssburleson · Answer

H for hamburger and C for cheeseburger

3mar · Answer

Great!

That looks nice!

What is the expression that gather H and C as you understand the first part?

"sold a combined total of 536 hamburgers and cheeseburgers"

lyssburleson · Answer

h+c=536

3mar · Answer

$$\Huge\color{red}\checkmark$$
You are Awesome!

3mar · Answer

For the second part / expression:
"The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold"
Can you extract an equation in term of H and C from this statement?

lyssburleson · Answer

would it be 3c+h?

3mar · Answer

|dw:1479234526326:dw|

agree?