Question

​Together, teammates Pedro and Ricky got 2671 base hits last season. Pedro had 275 more hits than Ricky. How many hits did each player​ have?

Answer 1

• Pedro: 1473
• Ricky: 1198

Explanation:

You want the number of hits Pedro and Ricky had if their total was 2671 and Pedro had 275 more.

Hits

Let r represent the number of hits Ricky got. Then Pedro got r+275, and their total was ...

r +(r +275) = 2671

2r = 2396 . . . . . . . . . subtract 275

r = 1198 . . . . . . . . divide by 2

r +275 = 1473

Pedro had 1473 hits, and Ricky had 1198.