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Algebra.Com's Answer #694062 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( "He lost \n" ); document.write( "means he has \n" ); document.write( "----------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Then he lost \n" ); document.write( "He has \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "At this point he has lost \n" ); document.write( "That means he has \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "I can say: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "He weighed 215.385 pounds at the beginning \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( "He lost \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "He lost \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "OK\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |