Ateam gained 5 yards on their first play of the game. then they lost 6 yards. find the total change in yardage

The total change in yardage of the team is by - 1 yards.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us assume that the initial yardage of the team was x yards.

Now, the team gained 5 yards on their play of the game.

Hence, the team now has (x + 5) yards on their play of the game.

Next, the team lost 6 yards and finally, the team will have [(x + 5) - 6] = (x - 1) yards in total.

Therefore, the total change in yardage of the team is by - 1 yard. (Answer)

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step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b