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Which situation describes the number line shown?

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For this problem we need to identify the best situation for the line given and we have the followong options:

Blair owes her friend $5 and earned $3 from allowance

the fisrt part of this statement makes sense but the second part no, since in the second line above we have a lengh of just 2 units and we don't have an earn actually.

Thomas spent $3 on a magazine and spent $5 on lunch

For this case not makes sense since the line start at 0 with a lenght of 5 and the other line present a lenght of 2 decreasing.

The footbal team gained 5 yards and lost yards in 2 plays

For this case seems to be a the correct option since we can see that the line below is moving 5 units to the right and the line above moving to the left.

The temperature outside rose 3 degrees and dropped 5 degrees

For this case we don't have a decrease of 3 units in any of the lines given so this one is not a solution for this case.

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