Question

tom’s first carry of a football game resulted in a 5 yard loss his next carry was 12 1/2 if he finished the game with 3 carries for 26 yards how far was the third carry

Answer 1

Answer:

18.5 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

Tom's first carry was -5 yards and his second was +12.5 yards. If we know he finished with 26 yards we can make a simple equation to try and find the distance of his third carry. We let the letter $c$ be a variable that represents the distance of his third carry.

$(-5) + (12.5) + c = 26$

This means his first carry + second carry + third carry = carry total

We can simply the left hand side

$7.5 + c = 26$

Now we move the 7.5 to the right side by subtracting it.

$c = 26 - 7.5 \\c = 18.5$

So Tom's third carry was for 18.5 yards!

Hope this helps!