document.write( "Question 179871: Two minor league players got a total of 262 hits. Washington had 14 more hits than Tony. Find the number of hits for each player.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #134777 by Mathtut(3670)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let w and t be the number of hits of Washinton and Tony respectively \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "w+t=262.......eq 1 \n" ); document.write( "w=t+14........eq 2 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "take the value of w in eq 2 and plug it into eq 1 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "t+14+t=262 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "2t=248 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "138+124=262 \n" ); document.write( " |