Problema Solution
Two minor league baseball players got a total of 226 hits. Washington had 18 more hits than Sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player.
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let 'x' represent the number of hits Washington had, then 'x-18' represents the number of his Sanchez had
226 =x + x-18
244 = 2x
x = 122
122-18 = 104
Washington had 122 hits, Sanchez had 104 hits