Together, teammates Pedro and Ricky got 2677 base hits last season. Pedro had 285 more hits than Ricky. How many hits did each player​ have?

Answer 1

Hi Tae,

Let's use the variable, r , to represent the number of hits that Ricky got.

Then we can write the following expression to represent the number of hits that Pedro got: 285 + r

Since their total was 2677, we can write:

Number of hits for Ricky + Number of hits for Pedro = 2677

285 + r + r = 2677

Now combine like terms and use inverse operations to solve for r:

285 + r + r = 2677

285 + 2r = 2677

285 + 2r - 285 = 2677 - 285

2r = 2392

2r/2 = 2392/2

r = 1196

Ricky got 1196 hits.

Pedro had 1196 + 285 = 1481 hits.