They started at the 34 yard line. They need to get to the 44 yard line for a first down. On the first play they lost 12 yards and on the 2nd play they lost 8 more yards. It is now 3rd down. Please help me. Thank ya
34-20=???
That would be 14. I figured it out.
12 + 8 = 20
34 - 20 = 14
44 - 14 = 30
So the answer would be 30.
You didn't post the whole question, which is why I posted only the obvious math process that was called for. Does the question ask for the yardline number where they ended up? Does it ask how many yards would they need to make on the 3rd down? Or what?
That was the whole question I was given. It asks how many yards they need to make on the 3rd down.
Sure! To determine how many more yards they need to gain for a first down, we need to subtract the current position from the target position. In this case, the current position is the 34-yard line, and the target position is the 44-yard line.
To find out how many more yards they need, we subtract the current position from the target position:
44 - 34 = 10 yards
So, they need to gain 10 more yards for a first down.
On the first play, they lost 12 yards, so we subtract 12 yards from the 10 yards they still need:
10 - 12 = -2 yards
On the second play, they lost an additional 8 yards, so we subtract 8 yards from the previous result:
-2 - 8 = -10 yards
Now it is 3rd down, and they need to gain -10 yards to reach the first down. Since negative yardage is not possible, they will not be able to reach the first down on this drive.
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