-1 Let's say the set of downs starts at the 20 yard line (maybe the kicking team kicked deep, the receiving team took a knee and so play starts at the 20).
Ok - we're at the 20. First down - they advance 5 yards. So we're now at the 25. We can write that mathematically as:
20
+
5
=
25
So the second play they get sacked deep and lose 6 yards. So we subtract 6:
25
−
6
=
19
So what's the change in yardage for the 2 plays? We are on the 19 and started at the 20, so we can write:
19
−
20
=
−
1
and this makes sense because we know we advanced 5 and fell back 6

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3 years ago

A pattern is made by toothpick squares. Select the series that represents the number of toothpicks added to a picture to get the

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The answer is, 4 + 8 + 12 + 16 ... rule is 4n.

Explanation:

one square has 4 toothpicks, then you added 4 picks (because you started with zero squares).

4 squares have 12 toothpicks, then you added 8 toothpicks to pass from one square to 4 squeres.

If you follow that reasoing you get to realize that the additions are 4, 8, 12, 16.

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3 years ago