A foot ball team loses 5.3 yards on one play and then loses 8 1/2 yards on the next play .How many yards did they lose on the two play? explain how to solve please.​

13.8

Step-by-step explanation: Since they lost 5.3 yards and then 8 1/2 yards, you simply have to add them together.  Rewriting 8 1/2 as 8.5, you can now add 5.3 to 8.5 to get 13.8, which is the answer

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step-by-step explanation:

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