Problema Solution

two minor league basball players get a total of 302 hits. washington gets 4 more hits than sanchez. find the number of hits for each player

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'x' represent the number of hits for sanchez, then 'x+4' represents the number of hits for washington


302 = x + x+4

298 = 2x

x = 149


149+4 = 153


sanchez has 149 hits, washington has 153 hits