Together, teammates Pedro and Ricky got 2694 base hits last season. Pedro had 284 more hits than Ricky. How many hits did each player have?

Pedro and Ricky have 1489 and 1205 hits.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Together Pedro and Ricky got hits = 2694.

Now, to find the hits of Pedro and Ricky.

Let the hits Ricky had be

So, Pedro had hits =

Together Pedro and Ricky got hits = 2694.

Now, to get the hits each player have:

Subtracting both sides by 284 we get:

Dividing both sides by 2 we get:

Ricky had = 1205 hits.

Now, substituting the value of we get:

Pedro had = 1205+284 = 1489.

Thus, Pedro and Ricky have 1489 and 1205 hits.

$1.6

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to find the cost of 80 cm of copper pipe at $2 a metre.

Cost of 1 metre = $2

80 cm = 0.8 m

It means,

0.8 m = $2 × 0.8

= $1.6

So, the cost of 80 cm of copper pipe is equal to $1.6.