If 258 hamburgers and cheeseburgers were sold and the number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the amount of hambugerssold how many hamburgers were sold?

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If 258 hamburgers and cheeseburgers were sold and the number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the amount of hambugerssold how many hamburgers were sold?
Is this right?
258 divided by 2 =129

bobpursley · Answer

C=2H C+H=258 no, it is not right.

nadine · Answer

so it would be193 cheeseburgers right

E.G. · Answer

172 cheeseburgers 86 hamburgers I divided 258 by 3 that gives me 86 (1/3 of the total) and 172 (86x2) 1/3rd was hamburgers and 2/3rds cheeseburgers.