Randy is on a diet. If Randy loses approximately 3 pounds a week, which of these choices is a reasonable estimate of the amount of time it will take her to lose 17 pounds

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asked Nov 24, 2019 104k views

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Gaurav Srivastava · Answer 1 · 2019-11-29T16:35:16+0000

Answer : The amount of time it take her to lose 17 pounds will be, 6 weeks.

Step-by-step explanation :

As we are given that Randy loses approximately 3 pounds in a week.

Now we have to determine the amount of time it will take her to lose 17 pounds.

As, 3 pounds weight Randy loses in = 1 week

So, 17 pounds weight Randy loses in =
$\frac{17\text{ Pounds}}{3\text{ Pounds}}* 1\text{ week}$

= 5.6667 weeks ≈ 6 weeks

Thus, the amount of time it take her to lose 17 pounds will be, 6 weeks.