Question

Read the a partial list of plays that occurred during afootball game. A scrimmage line is the starting position.A. -5 yard move from scrimmage lineB. 3 yard move from scrimmage lineC. -8 yard move from scrimmage lineD. 1 yard move from scrimmage lineWhich of these indicates the greatest movement?

Answer 1

Answer: C. -8 yard move from scrimmage line

Step-by-step explanation:

The greatest movement will be the one that has an overall bigger number, it does not matter if it is a negative but big number becuse the sign just indicates direction.

Thus, what we can do is take the absolut value of our options, to have just the amount of movement in each play and not worry about the signs.

*the absolute value makes everything positive, even negative numbers, and is indicates as |x|

|-5| = 5

|3| = 3

|-8| = 8

|1| = 1

we can see that, without the signs, the number -8 has the greatest absolute value.

So the answer is: C. -8 yard move from scrimmage line