Two minor league baseball players got a total of 240 hits. Washington had 14 more hits than sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player.

Washington had___Hits
Sanchez had____hits

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Two minor league baseball players got a total of 240 hits. Washington had 14 more hits than sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player.

Washington had___Hits
Sanchez had____hits

anonymous · Answer

the equation for this would be (14+x)+x= 240

anonymous · Answer

You can also divide it in half and then subtract 7 on one side  240 /2  = 120   and if you subtract 7 on one side and add it to the other..one will have 14 more
this help?

anonymous · Answer

x=113

anonymous · Answer

so both players got 113 hits

anonymous · Answer

no no ..one has 14 more....so one person got 113 ..and the other got 127 since he had 14 more

anonymous · Answer

washington got 127 and sanchez got 113  is this correct

anonymous · Answer

Yes