Question

At the Piedmont Middle School baseball game last Friday, the Piedmont Ravens hit 3 times as many foul balls as the other team, the Rossville Crows.

If the Ravens hit 8 more foul balls than the Crows, how many foul balls did the Ravens hit?

Answer 1

Let x be the number of foul balls the Crows hit.
Therefore, the Ravens hit 3x foul balls.

It is given that the Ravens hit 8 more foul balls than the Crows:

3x = x + 8
3x - x = 8
2x = 8
x = 4

Therefore, the Crows hit 4 foul balls, and the Ravens hit 3 times as many, so the Ravens hit 3*4 = 12 foul balls.