Question

Together, teammates Pedro and Ricky got 2673 base hits last season. Pedro had 275 more hits than Ricky. How many hits did each player​ have?

Answer 1

Ricky had 1199 base hits and Pedro had 1474 base hits.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's assume that Ricky had 'x' base hits last season.

According to the problem, Pedro had 275 more hits than Ricky, so Pedro had 'x + 275' base hits.

Together, Pedro and Ricky had a total of 2673 base hits, so we can set up the equation:

x + (x + 275) = 2673

Combining like terms, we get:

2x + 275 = 2673

Subtracting 275 from both sides, we get:

2x = 2398

Dividing both sides by 2, we get:

x = 1199

So Ricky had 1199 base hits and Pedro had 1199 + 275 = 1474 base hits.

Answer 2

Rickey got 1199 and Pedro got 1474. I got that by subtracting 275 from 2673 to get 2398. Than you divide 2398 to get 1199 which is Rickey's answer but to get Perdro you have to add 275 to get his answer of 1474.