Question

Two minor league baseball players got a total of 216 hits. Washington had 18 more hits than Sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player.Washington had ___ hitsSanchez had ____ hits

Answer 1

First, let us represent the given.

Let S be the number of hits made by Sanchez

Let W be the number of hits made by Washington

We know that the sum of their hits is equal to 216. Our equation to represent that would be:

S + W = 216

We also know that Washington had 18 more hits than Sanchez. So, W = S + 18.

We can use the second equation in place of the W in the first equation (substitution).

S + W = 216

S + (S + 18) = 216

We can now simplify the equation and solve for S.

S + (S + 18) = 216

2S + 18 = 216

2S = 198

S = 99

Then, we will use the value of S, which is 99, to solve for W.

W = S + 18

W = 99 + 18

W = 117

We can check our answer by adding S and W.

99 + 117 = 216

Therefore, Washington had 117 hits while Sanchez had 99 hits.