Question

In consecutive plays, a football team gains 5 yards, loses 3 yards, loses 1 yard, and gains 6 yards. Write an integer to represent each value. What is the net gain for the drive?

Answer 1

In consecutive football plays, the team's yardage represented by integers is +5, -3, -1, and +6. Summing these gives a net gain of 8 yards for the drive.

Step-by-step explanation:

To represent the yardage gains and losses with integers, we assign positive values to gains and negative values to losses. The gains and losses in consecutive plays are as follows:

• +5 yards gained
• -3 yards lost
• -1 yard lost
• +6 yards gained

To find the net gain for the drive, we sum these values:

Net gain = 5 + (-3) + (-1) + 6

Net gain = 5 - 3 - 1 + 6

Net gain = 2 + 6

Net gain = 8 yards

So the football team had a net gain of 8 yards on the drive.