Over 10 plays, a football team gained 63 yards. On 4 of the plays the team gained 0 yards, on 1 play the team lost 3 yards and on 1 play the team lost 6 yards. What was the team's mean gain, in yards, per play for the remaining plays. I did 63 plus 9 equals 72 divided by 4 equals 18 is this right???
No.
Why did you add the losses to the gains?
To try and figure out what he total yardage might have been
I added them because I wanted to figure out the total yardage. Just a guess on my part, I was wrong??? I am confused can you show me how I should have done it? Shoud I have subtracted?
Is the answer 15 and 3/4?
No.
I answered this before for you.
In 6 plays, the team lost 9 yards.
(63 - 9)/4 = ?
To find the team's mean gain per play for the remaining plays, you need to calculate the total gain for those plays and divide it by the number of remaining plays.
Let's break down the information given:
- Over 10 plays, the team gained 63 yards.
- On 4 plays, the team gained 0 yards.
- On 1 play, the team lost 3 yards.
- On 1 play, the team lost 6 yards.
To determine the total gain for the remaining plays, we subtract the yards gained on those specific plays from the total gain:
Total gain = 63 yards - (0 yards * 4 plays) - 3 yards - 6 yards
Total gain = 63 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 6
Total gain = 54 yards
Now, we need to determine the number of remaining plays:
Remaining plays = Total plays - (plays with 0 gain) - (plays with negative gain)
Remaining plays = 10 - 4 - 2
Remaining plays = 4 plays
Finally, to find the mean gain per play for the remaining plays, we divide the total gain by the number of remaining plays:
Mean gain per play = Total gain / Remaining plays
Mean gain per play = 54 yards / 4 plays
Mean gain per play = 13.5 yards
Therefore, the team's mean gain, in yards, per play for the remaining plays is 13.5 yards.