Question

20. A football team gained 9 yards on one play and then lost 22 yards on the

next. Write a sum of integers to find the overall change in field position.
Explain your answer.

Answer 1

9 + (-22)

9 -22 = |-13|

There is a field change of 13 yards. The question isn’t asking for the answer of the expression, they’re asking for the difference and there is a distance of 13 between 9 and 22. hope this helps

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