Do metals and nonmetals attract to each other? (no one answered it in the chemistry category)

Rick and jim are working at the concession stand at the school basketball game. rick sells 12 more burgers than jim. the equation given below shows this relationship, where g represents the number of burgers rick sells, and h represents the number of burgers jim sells. g= h + 12 if rick sells 37 burgers, how many burgers does jim sell?