Jack wants to weigh at most 176 pounds before the baseball season begins. he has already lost 15 pounds. he belives he can lose 1.5 pounds a week.if jack weighed 197 pounds before his weight loss about loss about how many week will it take for jack to get to his desired weight

The answer will be 4 weeks. You know the constant is 1.5 lbs per week and you will multiply that by however many weeks it takes to reach 176
197-(1.5x) would be your equation and since he’s already lost 15 pounds you will include that by subtracting 15 from the equation as well 197-(1.5(4))=191
191-15=176

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