Question

On the first play of a game, the Eagles running back lost three yard. On their next play, the quarterback was sacked for a loss of 4 yards. Find the total yards in these two plays.

Answer 1

A loss of yardage is generally considered to be a negative gain. That is the total gain in yardage for the two plays is

... -3 + (-4) = -7 . . . . total gain in 2 plays

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That is, the 2 plays resulted in a loss of 7 yards.