SOLUTION: In one baseball season, Peter hit twice the diffrence of the number of home runs Alice hit and 6. Altogether, they hit 18 home runs. How many home runs did each player hit that sea

Question 1046427: In one baseball season, Peter hit twice the diffrence of the number of home runs Alice hit and 6. Altogether, they hit 18 home runs. How many home runs did each player hit that season?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Peter hit twice the diffrence of the number of home runs Alice hit and 6.
Altogether, they hit 18 home runs.
Let x represent the number of home runs Alice hit. Peter
Question States:
2(x-6) + x = 18
3x = 30
x = 10, the number of home runs Alice hit. Peter: 8
And:
10 + 8 = 18 CHECKS!
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