Question

Jasmin's dog weighs 62 pounds. Her vet told her that a healthy weight for her dog would be less than or equal to 40 pounds.

Jasmin's dog can lose an average of 3 pounds every week. Write the solution to an inequality that describes all possible number of weeks
z for which her dog can be at a healthy weight.

Answer 1

62-3z ≤ 40

Explanation:

62 is the starting point. jasmin's dog can lose 3 lbs per week and z represents the number of possible weeks. then we know it has to be less than or equal to 40. so put that there.