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 #853216 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=timofer><B>timofer(136)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=timofer><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=853216\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> X, his original weight\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.876X=249.6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.876X=249.6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X=249.6%2F0.876 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X=249.6%2F0.876\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X=284.9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X=284.9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >originalweight </SPAN>\n" );
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