A football team loses 3 yards on one play and 6 yards on another play. Write a sum to represent this situation and explain how it relates to the problem

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Mark Ingram · Answer 1 · 2018-04-11T09:27:11+0000

Since they lose three yards on the first play, we can write -3 for the start. Next, since they gain six, we add 6 to get -3+6= net yards