while watching a football game lin chow decided to list yardage gained as positive integers and yardage lost as negative integers after these plays lin recorded 14,-7,and 9 what was the net gain or loss
There is a net gain and the net gain is: 16
Net loss or gain --
If the resultant of the yardage by gaining or losing in the three plays is positive then there is a net gain.
and if the resultant of the yardage by gaining or losing in the three plays is negative then there is a net loss.
The records of the three plays are as follows:
14 , -7 , and 9 .
By adding up all the entries we have:
14-7+9=16
Since the resultant is positive ( Since, 16>0 )
Hence, there is a net gain and the net gain is: 16