Question

The Smart Blues and the Royal Reds are playing a football game. The Smart Blues' first play goes for -2 yards. How much did the Smart Blues gain or lose?

Answer 1

The sign in front of the 2 is "-" meaning negative. So if it is -2, then that means the team lost yards. So, the Smart Blues lost 2 yards.

Answer 2

The Smart Blues lost 2 yards.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information:

Smart Blues' first play goes for -2 yards.

The negative sign represents the Lost and Positive sign represents the gain.

As it is given that Smart Blues goes for -2 yards that means smart blues lose.

Therefore, the Smart Blues lost 2 yards.