1. At the gym on Monday, Larry is told to up his weight on the bench-press by 15% from last week. Last week he was bench-pressin

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1. At the gym on Monday, Larry is told to up his weight on the bench-press by 15% from last week. Last week he was bench-pressin

g 200 pounds. How many pounds should he bench-press this week?

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QveST [7] · Answer 1 · 2023-08-11T04:02:34+03:00

Answer:

300 lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that Larry bench pressed 200 lbs last week, and that he is supposed to increase by 15%. We know that any number times one is that same numbers. That means a number that is increaseing has to be greater than 1. So, we have to convert 15% into a decimal. That is 0.15. That plus one is 1.15. Now we just have to multiply 1.15 with 200. We get 300.