During a recent season Miguel Cabrera and Mike Jacobs hit a combined total of 46 home runs. Cabrera

During a recent season Miguel Cabrera and Mike Jacobs hit a combined total of 46 home runs. Cabrera hit 6 more home runs than Jacobs how many home runs did each player hit

Let c be Miguel Cabrera's home runs and j be Mike Jacobs home runs. We are given two equations:

1. c + j = 46
2. c = j + 6

Substitute (2) into (1)
(j + 6) + j = 46

Combine like terms:
2j + 6 = 46

Plugging this into our equation calculator, we get j = 20.

Substitute this into equation (2), we have:
c = 20 + 6
c = 26

Therefore, Mike Jacobs hit 20 home runs and Miguel Cabrera hit 26 home runs.