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?

**write an equation and solve.
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They only have four plays to get the ten yards for a first down. Are the -23 1/3 yards part of this same series of downs?

If so, they need the 10 yards plus the 26 1/3 lost. You determine the equation.

To answer this question, we need to set up an equation to represent the situation described.

Let's assume 'x' represents the number of yards the team needs to gain on their next play to achieve a first down.

Given that the team's net yardage is -26 1/3 yards, we can represent this as -26 1/3 = -79/3 yards.

Since the team needs a net yardage of 10 yards to get a first down, we can express this as +10.

So, the equation we can set up is:
-79/3 + x = 10

To solve this equation for 'x', we need to isolate 'x' on one side of the equation.

First, let's add 79/3 to both sides of the equation to eliminate the negative term on the left side:
-79/3 + x + 79/3 = 10 + 79/3

Simplifying this equation, we have:
x = 10 + 79/3

To simplify further, we add the fractions:
x = 10 + 79/3
x = 10 + 79/3
x = 10 + (79/3) * (3/3)
x = 10 + 237/3
x = (30/3) + (237/3)
x = 267/3
x = 89

Therefore, the football team needs to gain 89 yards on their next play to achieve a first down.