Question

Teammates Pedro and Ricky got 2679 base hits last season. Pedro had 281 more hits than Ricky.

How many hits did each player have?

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

• Pedro: 1480
• Ricky: 1199

Explanation:

Let r represent the number of hits Ricky got. Then Pedro's hits were r+281 and their total was ...

r + (r +281) = 2679

2r = 2398

r = 1199

r+281 = 1480

Pedro got 1480 hits; Ricky got 1199.

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Additional comment

The two answers to a "sum and difference" problem are half the sum plus or minus half the difference. Here, those values are (2679/2) ± (281/2). Pedro got more hits, so his number is (2679+281)/2 and Ricky's number is (2679-281)/2, as above.