Question

A football team lost 9 yards on its first play. On the next two plays they gained 3 yards and then 6 yards. A. What expression can be written to represent how many yards the football team is from where it started? Explain your reasoning. B. How many yards is the football team from where it started? C. Suppose that, instead, the football team had gained 3 and 6 yards on its first two plays, and then lost 9 yards on its third play. Would the team’s position on the field have been any different from what it was in part A? Why or why not?

Answer 1

0-9+3+3+6=3 that is an expression that you can use to explain the series of plays. and also it would be 3 yards from where it started.


3+6-9=0 yes it would because altimetley you would be in the same spot so it would be different because you don't uave the additional 3 yards that part a did