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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let w and t be the number of hits of Washinton and Tony respectively
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\n" ); document.write( "w+t=262.......eq 1
\n" ); document.write( "w=t+14........eq 2
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\n" ); document.write( "take the value of w in eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
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\n" ); document.write( "t+14+t=262
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\n" ); document.write( "2t=248
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28t=124%29\"number of hits by Tony
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28w=t%2B14=124%2B14=138%29\"number of hits by Washington
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\n" ); document.write( "138+124=262
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