Last season 2 running backs on the Steelers football team rushed for a combined total of 1550 yards. One rushed 4 times as many as the others how many yard were rushed by each player.

the number of yards rushed by one player is 310 while the number of yards rushed by the second player 1240

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of yards rushed by one player.

Let y represent the number of yards rushed by the second(faster) player.

Last season 2 running backs on the Steelers football team rushed for a combined total of 1550 yards. This means that

x + y = 1550 - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - 1

One rushed 4 times as many as the other. This means that

y = 4x

Substituting y = 4x into equation 1, it becomes

x + 4x = 1550

5x = 1550

x = 1550/5

x = 310

y = 4x = 4 × 310

y = 1240

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