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The first play of a football game resulted in A loss of 12 1/2 yards then a penalty resulted in another loss of 5 yards what is the total loss or gain

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The total loss would be 17 1/2, since 12+5=17, then you just add the 1/2 and the answer is the one above.

In conclusion, the total loss of yards is 17 1/2 yards.
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