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Question 326803: Can someone please explain this to me?
Body Mass Index. Body mass index I can be used to determine whether an individual has a healthy weight for his or her height. An index between 18.5 and 25 indicates a healthy weight. Body mass index is given by the formula below, or model, where W is weight, in pounds, and H is height, in inches.

I=704.5W
H2
Margaret’s height is 63 in. Determine, in terms of an inequality, those weights W that will keep her body mass index below 25

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BMI=704.5W%2FH%5E2
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18.5%3C=+BMI%3C=25
18.5%3C=%28704.5W%29%2FH%5E2%3C=25
Plug in H=63,
18.5%3C=%28704.5W%29%2F63%5E2%3C=25
104.2%3C=W%3C=140.8