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]
