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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "At the present time, a football player weighs 315 lb. There are 90 days until the player needs to report to spring training at a weight of 270 lb. The player wants to lose weight at a constant rate. That is, the player wants to lose the same amount of weight each day of the 90 days. What weight, to the nearest tenth of a pound, should the player attain in 35 days?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #750344 by josgarithmetic(39618) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "TIME     WEIGHT\r\n" );
document.write( " 0         315\r\n" );
document.write( "35         y\r\n" );
document.write( "90         270\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"-45%2F90=%28y-315%29%2F35\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2F2=%28315-y%29%2F35\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"35%2F2=315-y\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"y=315-35%2F2\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight_green%28y=297%261%2F2%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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