document.write( "Question 249784: On three consecutive passes a football team gains 10 yds., loses 32 yrds., and gains 36 yds. What is the total net yardage?
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document.write( "A gain is a positive number, a loss is a negative number\r\n" );
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document.write( "gains 10 yds. means (+10)\r\n" );
document.write( "loses 32 yds. means (-32)\r\n" );
document.write( "gains 36 yds. means (+36)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(+10) + (-32) + (+36)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the positive ten and the negative thirty-two and get negative twenty-two.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then add that negative twenty-two to the positive thirty-six and get positive fourteen.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(+10) + (-32) + (+36) = +14\r\n" );
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