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: a clinic advertises that a person can reduce their weight by a least 1.5 pounds per week by excercising and special dieting. At the begining of a diet program, a person weighs 195 ounds. What is the maximum number of weeks before this person's weight will be reduced to 170 pounds?This question is from textbook
: a clinic advertises that a person can reduce their weight by a least 1.5 pounds per week by excercising and special dieting. At the begining of a diet program, a person weighs 195 ounds. What is the maximum number of weeks before this person's weight will be reduced to 170 pounds?
Answer by Mathtut(1352) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
since we know that the lose 1.5 per week
lets see how many pounds will be lost to get to 170---->195-170=25 pounds need to be lost
take the weight that needs to be lost and divide by the amount lost per week
25/1.5=16(2/3) weeks to lose enough weight to get to 170