A high school football quarter back gets sacked for a 15 yard loss. The next play he throws for a 5 yard gain. How many yards does the quarter back have after the two plays.

Question

Group of answer choices

0

15

-10

10

Answer 1

To determine the total yardage for the quarterback after the two plays, we can simply add the yardage from each play together.

1. The quarterback first gets sacked for a 15-yard loss, which is -15 yards.
2. On the next play, he throws for a 5-yard gain, which is +5 yards.

Now we calculate:

-15 (yards lost) + 5 (yards gained) = -10 yards

So after the two plays, the quarterback has a total of -10 yards.

The correct answer is -10.