SOLUTION: 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

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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

Answer by Mathtut(3670) (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
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