SOLUTION: Lois started excersizing 3 days a week. He lost 8.09% of his body weight in 3 months. He continued to excersize and eat right and lost another 1.4 pounds. He has now lost 8.74% of
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Question 1079825: Lois started excersizing 3 days a week. He lost 8.09% of his body weight in 3 months. He continued to excersize and eat right and lost another 1.4 pounds. He has now lost 8.74% of his body weight. How much did Lois weigh before he started excersizing and eating right?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = his body weight at the beginning.
He lost of his body weight. That
means he has pounds left.
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Then he lost pounds
He has pounds left
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At this point he has lost pounds
That means he has pounds left
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I can say:
He weighed 215.385 pounds at the beginning
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check:
He lost
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He lost more
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OK
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