SOLUTION: A young man who weighs 250 pounds is losing 1 3/4 pounds per week.
How many weeks will it take for his weight to be less than 195 pounds?
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Question 838744: A young man who weighs 250 pounds is losing 1 3/4 pounds per week.
How many weeks will it take for his weight to be less than 195 pounds?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = his current weight
Let = number of weeks since he
weighed 250 pounds
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Let
He will weigh less than 195 pounds
sometime during the 31st week
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