Question

Two minor league baseball players got a total of 390 hits. Washington had 2 more hits than Sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player.

Washington had
hits. Sanchez had
hits

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

• Washington had 196 hits
• Sanchez had 194 hits

Explanation:

Let s represent the number of hits Sanchez had. Then Washington had (s+2) hits, and their hit total was ...

s +(s+2) = 390

2s = 388 . . . . . . subtract 2

s = 194 . . . . . . . . divide by 2

Sanchez had 194 hits; Washington had 196.