SOLUTION: two minor league baseball players got a total of 214 hits. Washington has 20 more hits than Sanchez. find the number of hits for each player

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Question 667829: two minor league baseball players got a total of 214 hits. Washington has 20 more hits than Sanchez. find the number of hits for each player
Answer by swincher4391(1107) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let S = the # of hits for Sanchez.
Let W = the # of hits for Washington.
Then W = S+20 and S+W =214
S + S + 20 = 214
2S + 20 = 214
2S = 194
S = 97
W = (97) + 20 = 117
Sanchez had 97 hits; Washington had 117;
To check: 97+117 = 214.