SOLUTION: Linear Interpolation and Animation At the present time, a football player weighs 315 lb. There are 90 days until the player needs to report to spring training at a weight of 27

Question 1133166: Linear Interpolation and Animation
At the present time, a football player weighs 315 lb. There are 90 days until the player needs to report to spring training at a weight of 270 lb. The player wants to lose weight at a constant rate. That is, the player wants to lose the same amount of weight each day of the 90 days. What weight, to the nearest tenth of a pound, should the player attain in 35 days?

Found 2 solutions by Boreal, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He needs to lose 45 pounds in 90 days or 0.5 pound a day.
In 35 days, he should lose 17.5 pounds
His weight at that time will be 315-17.5=297.5 pounds
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

TIME WEIGHT 0 315 35 y 90 270

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