Could someone please help us to write and solve an equation for this:
A football team has a net yardage of
-26 1/3 yards on a series of plays. The team needs a net yardage of 10 yards to get a first down. How many yards do they have to get on their next play to get a first down?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
-26 1/3 + x = + 10 ???
x = 10 + 26 1/3
x = 36 1/3
which I am sure you knew :)
31 1/3 duh! i don't even watch football! it was homework for me
31 1/3
To solve this problem, we can set up an equation. Let's represent the number of yards the team needs to get on their next play to get a first down as "x".
The given net yardage on the series of plays is -26 1/3 yards, which can also be written as -79/3 yards.
The team needs a net yardage of 10 yards to get a first down.
So, the equation becomes: (-79/3) + x = 10.
To solve for "x", we can isolate it by subtracting -79/3 from both sides of the equation.
(-79/3) + (-79/3) + x = 10 + (-79/3).
This simplifies to:
x = (30/3) + (-79/3)
x = (-49/3).
Therefore, the team needs to gain (-49/3) yards on their next play to get a first down.