document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=422281>Question 422281</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm trying to solve when a man knows he has lost 12.4 percent of his weight, and now weighs 249.6.  What was his starting weight?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was thinking something like \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12.4     249.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "100        x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can't recall how to do this. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #294748 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=294748\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let weight be x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "now 249.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if it was 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it would increase to 112.4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "100/112.4 = x/249.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "original weight = x=249.6*100/112.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 222.06 </SPAN>\n" );
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