SOLUTION: The doctor has challenged Mr. Jonas, who weighs 240lbs to achieve his ideal body weight of 186 lb by losing no more than 3 lb/week. How many weeks will it take for Mr. Jonas to ac

Question 1198255: The doctor has challenged Mr. Jonas, who weighs 240lbs to achieve his ideal body weight of 186 lb by losing no more than 3 lb/week. How many weeks will it take for Mr. Jonas to achieve his ideal weight following his doctor's orders?
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If to follow the doctor's recommendations literally, it will take at least

                 = 18 weeks.

ANSWER.   18 weeks or more.

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MathLover1 came with the idea to improve my solution by making it longer,
but instead she gave WRONG ANSWER.

The process loosing weight will take AT LEAST 18 weeks -
not necessary and/or precisely 18 weeks, as @MathLover1 states in her answer.

So be aware and ignore her solution, for your safety.

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Mr. Jonas, who weighs
to achieve his ideal body weight of by losing no more than
let the number of weeks be

it will it take weeks for Mr. Jonas to achieve his ideal weight following his doctor's orders

Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The doctor has challenged Mr. Jonas, who weighs 240lbs to achieve his ideal body weight of 186 lb by losing no more than 3 lb/week. How many weeks will it take for Mr. Jonas to achieve his ideal weight following his doctor's orders?

Let number of weeks for her to lose the weight, be W
Then we get:
Therefore, number of weeks for her to lose weight, or W ≥ 18.
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