document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=220728>Question 220728</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two baseball players his a total of 252 hits.one has 18 mor hits that the other. find the number of hits for each players </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let one of the players have \"x\" hits.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other has \"x+18\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x+28 = 252<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 224<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 112 (hits by one of the players)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "252-112 = 140 (hits by the other player)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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