Last season two running backs on the Steelers football team rushed or a combined total of
1550 yards. One rushed 4 times as many yards as the other. How many yards were
rushed by each player?

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Answer:

310 yards and 1,240 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

Let first football player rushed x yards.

One football player rushed 4 times as many yards as the other, then the second player rushed 4x yars.

In total, they rushed

[tex]x+4x=5x[/tex] yards.

Last season two running backs on the Steelers football team rushed or a combined total of 1,550 yards.

Hence,

[tex]5x=1,550\\ \\x=\dfrac{1,550}{5}=310\ yards\\ \\4x=310\cdot 4=1,240\ yards[/tex]

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