SOLUTION: two baseball players hit 79 home runs combined last season. the first player hit 7 more home runs than twice the number of home runs hit by the second player. how many home runs di

Question 356152: two baseball players hit 79 home runs combined last season. the first player hit 7 more home runs than twice the number of home runs hit by the second player. how many home runs did each player hit?
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two baseball players hit 79 home runs combined last season. the first player hit 7 more home runs than twice the number of home runs hit by the second player. how many home runs did each player hit?
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let second player hit x home runs
first will hit 2x+7..
their sum = 79
x+2x+7=79
3x+7=79
3x=79-7
3x=72
/3
x=72/3
x= 24 scored by second
first will score 55
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