On three consecutive passes, a football team gains 8 yards, lose 26 yards, and gain 16 yards. The total net yardage is how many yards.

8-26+16=32 yards. Is this right.

Nope.

The team gained 24 yards and lost 26 yards. In other words the team lost yardage.

I somehow got 34...

To find the total net yardage, you need to add up the yards gained and subtract the yards lost.

In this case:
Yards gained on the first pass: 8 yards
Yards lost on the second pass: 26 yards
Yards gained on the third pass: 16 yards

To calculate the total net yardage, you can add the yards gained and subtract the yards lost:

8 + (-26) + 16 = -2

Therefore, the total net yardage is -2 yards.