Question

Ryan is a wrestler trying to make weight. He currently weighs 200 lbs. If he cuts 2 lbs. per week, how many weeks will it take him to weigh less than 175 lbs.?

Answer 1

The inequality for this problem is

200 - 2w < 175 => 2w > 200-175 => 2w > 25 => w > 12.5

The conclusion is that Ryan will have less than 175 lbs after 13-th week.

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