A football team loses 3 yards on one play and 6 yards on another play. Write a sum of negative integers to represent this situation. Find the sum and explain how it is related to the problem.

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A football team loses 3 yards on one play and 6 yards on another play. Write a sum of negative integers to represent this situation. Find the sum and explain how it is related to the problem.

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-3 + (-6) = -9
This relates to to the problem because the team has lost a total of nine yards.

Rgajrawala answered Feb 17, 2016

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