Question

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 sum and explain how it is related to the problem.

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Answer 1

T=total yardage T=-3+-6 The total yardage can be found by adding the net yardage from each play. Since both plays resulted in a loss of yards, they can be written as negative integers. So, the total yardage can be found by the expression -3+-6.