document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=86552>Question 86552</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Humans have about 1,400,000 hairs on their head and lose an average of 75 hairs each day.  If a person's body were to never replace a hair, approximately how many years would it take for a person to have 1000 hairs left on their head?  (Assume that a person can live significantly longer than the average life span.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #62588 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=62588\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1,400,000 - 75x = y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where x is the amount of days and y is the amount of hairs left<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,400,000 - 75x = 1,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,399,000 = 75x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18,653 1/3 days / 356 = about 52 2/5 years </SPAN>\n" );
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