SOLUTION: What does x and y represent Raul is on a carefully supervised diet that causes a weight loss of 3 pounds per week. After 14 weeks, his weight is 196 pounds.

SOLUTION: What does x and y represent Raul is on a carefully supervised diet that causes a weight loss of 3 pounds per week. After 14 weeks, his weight is 196 pounds.

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Question 305946: What does x and y represent
Raul is on a carefully supervised diet that causes a weight loss of 3 pounds per week. After 14 weeks, his weight is 196 pounds.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
196+3*14=196+42=238 ans. for his original weight.
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