Question

A baseball player got 61 hits one season. He got h of the hits in one game. What expression represents the number of hits he got in the rest of the​ games? The player had nothing hits in the rest of the games.

Answer 1

`(61-h)`

Explanation:

Total number of hits by baseball player in one season = 61

Number of hits in one game =
`h`

To find:

The expression to represent the number of hits that the player got in the rest of the games = ?

Solution:

Number of hits that the player got in one game =
`h`

Let the number of hits that the player got in rest of the games =
`x`

As per the given question statement,

The sum of
`h` and
`x` will be equal to 61.

`h+x=61\\\Rightarrow \bold{x =61-h}`

Therefore, the player had
`(61-h)` hits in the rest of the games.