Question

Marcus is trying to lose weight for next football season, Four weeks into his diet, he weighed 232
pounds. At nine weeks, he weighed 224.5 pounds. How many weeks will it take Marcus to reach his
goal weight of 214 pounds?

Answer 1

Answer:

12 weeks

Step-by-step explanation:

every 5 weeks marcus lost 7.5 pounds (232 - 224.5)

or 1.5 per week

so 232 - 214 (start to goal) is a total of 18 pounds

18/1.5 = 12 weeks