Caiden and josh are practicing at a batting cage. josh has hit nine more than one half the number of balls that caiden has. if the sum of their hits is 123, how many balls has josh hit? ( include work for this problem, i appreciate it greatly.)

Josh has hit 47 balls.

Step-by-step explanation:

Caiden and Josh are practicing at a batting cage.

Let Caiden's hits be 'x'

Josh has hit nine more than one half the number of balls that Caiden has.

Josh's hits would be = hits.

the sum of their hits is 123. So the equation will be

x =  

x =  76

Caiden's hits = 76

Josh's hits =   [put the value of x]

=

= 38 + 9

= 47 hits

Josh has hit 47 balls.

answer: 32.68

step-by-step explanation:

x=2