We can say sanchez's hits are x, and washington's are x+1818. x+x+1818=280280, and subtracting by 1818 we get 278462=2x. Dividing by 2, we get x=139231 and washington's hits are 139231+1818=141049
Nine less than a number
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n - 9
The answer is D (i have to type at least 20 letters soooooooooo)