Question

Durante su carrera en las Ligas Mayores, Hank Aaron conectó 41 cuadrangulares más de los que conectó Babe Ruth en su carrera. Juntos conectaron 1469 cuadrangulares. ¿Cuántos conectó Babe Ruth?

Answer 1

Babe Ruth: 714 home runs

Hank Aaron: 755 home runs

Explanation:

In this problem, we are told that:

1) Hank Aaron hit 41 more home runs than Babe Ruth during his career

2) Together, they hit a total of 1469 home runs

To solve this problem, we call:

A = the number of home runs made by Hank Aaron

B = the number of home runs made by Babe Ruth

According to statement 1), we have:

A = B + 41 (1)

According to statement 2), we have:

A + B = 1469 (1)

So we have two equations in two unknown variables. If we substitute the expression for A of eq (1) into eq (2), we can solve for B:

(B + 41) + B = 1469

2B = 1469 - 41 = 1428

B = 1428/2 = 714

And substituting back into eq(1), we also find A:

A = B + 41 = 714 + 41 = 755

So:

- Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs

- Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs