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Two minor league baseball players got a total of 220 hits. Washington had 10 more hits than Sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player.

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Answer:

  • Washington: 115 hits
  • Sanchez: 105 hits

Explanation:

Let w represent the number of hits Washington got. Then their total is ...

w + (w -10) = 220

2w = 230

w = 115 . . . . . . . the number of Washington's hits

w -10 = 105 . . . the number of Sanchez's hits

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