Two minor league baseball players got a total of 324 hits. Washington had 8 more hits than Sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player?

Set up equations.

Let w be the number of hits Washington scored,
Let s be the number of hits Sanchez scored.

Their total scores was 324 hits, hence, we get:

w +s = 324

Second, Washington scored 8 more hits than Sanchez. So, to make the hits equal, we have to remove 8 from Washington's hits.

w - 8 = s

Now, solve the simultaneous equations. Is that okay now? :)

Post what you get!