Question

Sarah plays softball where a single is one base, a double is two bases, a triple is three bases, and a home run is four bases. In her last game, she only hit singles and triples, for a total of 14 bases. She had two more triples than singles.

Answer 1

Answer:

She hit two singles and four triples

Step-by-step explanation:

So we don’t know how many triples or singles she has but we know it equals 14 when added together. So I set my equation up like 1x+3x=14. Honestly frkm there I didn’t really use an equation. I knew that 3x4=12 and that’s the closest I could get to 14 then 1x2=2 and 12+2=14. Using that equation she hit two more triples than singles and it adds up to 14. Sorry I don’t know if that even helps because I didn’t have a formula but if you just needed to know the answer here ya go

Answer 2

Answer:

           She hit 2 singles and  4 triples

Step-by-step explanation:

x   - number of singles

x+2   - number of triples

x + 3(x+2) = 14

x + 3x + 6 = 14

4x + 6 = 14

4x = 8

 x = 2

x+2 = 2 + 2 = 4