document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=426958>Question 426958</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pleasae help me solve this word problem....Two minor league baseball players got a total of 322 hits. Washington had 8 more hits than Sanchez. find the number of hits for each player.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "h = number of hits sanchez had.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "washington had 8 more hits than sanchez.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w = h + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "they both got a total of 322 hits.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w + h = 322\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute h + 8 for w to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(h + 8) + h = 322\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2h + 8 = 322\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 8 from both sides of the equation to get 2h = 314.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide by 2 to get h = 157.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 8 to get w = 165.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = 157<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 165.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w + h = 157 + 165 = 322 (this is good).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w = h + 8 = 157 + 8 = 165 (this is also good).\r<BR>\n" );
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