2 baseball players hit 60 home runs combined last season. The first player hit 3 more home runs than

2 baseball players hit 60 home runs combined last season. The first player hit 3 more home runs than twice a number of home runs the second player hit. how many home runs did each player hit?

Declare variables:
Let the first players home runs be a
Let the second players home runs be b

We're given two equations:

1. a = 2b + 3
2. a + b = 60

To solve this system of equations, we substitute equation (1) into equation (2) for a:
2b + 3 + b = 60

Using our math engine, we type this equation in and get:
b = 19

To solve for a, we substitute b = 19 into equation (1):
a = 2(19) + 3
a = 38 + 3
a = 41