Question

At the Piedmont Middle School baseball game last Friday, the Piedmont Ravens hit 3 times as many foul balls as the other team, the Rossville Crows. If the Ravens hit 8 more foul balls than the Crows, how many foul balls did the Ravens hit?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Piedmont Middle School = 3x

Let the crows = x foul balls

x+ 8 = 3x Subtract x from both sides

x-x + 8 = 3x - x

8 = 2x

x = 4

So the crows hit 4 foul balls

The ravens must have hit 12 foul balls.

They did hit 8 more than the crows did.