​Together, teammates Pedro and Ricky got 2679 base hits last season. Pedro had 283 more hits than Ricky. How many hits did each player​ have?

Answer 1

Let's use the variable r to represent the number of hits Ricky received.

Then the following expression could be used to represent the number of hits Pedro received: r + 283

Next, together they had 2679 hits. We can write the following equation to represent this total:

Ricky + Pedro = 2679

r + r + 283 = 2679

Now combine like terms and use inverse operations to solve for r (or the number of hits Ricky received):

r + r + 283 = 2679

2r + 283 = 2679

2r + 283 - 283 =2679 - 283

2r = 2396

2r/2 = 2396/2

r= 1198

Rickey received 1198 hits.

Pedro would receive 1198 + 283 = 1481 hits