document.write( "Question 187615: On three consecutive passes, a football team gains 7 yards, loses 26 yards, and gains 40 yards. What number represents the total net yardage? \n" ); document.write( "
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Since \"a football team gains 7 yards\", this means that they have +7 yards\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now because the team \"loses 26 yards\", this then means that have 26 yards taken away which is represented by -26. So we now have +7-26\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In the end, the team \"gains 40 yards\" which is written +40. Add this to the last expression to get +7-26+40\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we now have the expression +7-26+40. Rearrange the terms to get +40+7-26. Add +40 and +7 to get +47. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we now have +47-26\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So this means that they've gained 21 yards \n" ); document.write( "
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