Frank weighs 160 pounds and is on a diet to gain 2 pounds a week so that he can make the football team. John weighs 208 pounds and is on a diet to lose 3 pounds a week so that he can be on the wrestling team in a lower weight class. If Frank and John can meet these goals with their diets, when will they weigh the same, and how much will they weigh at that time? (Hint: Solve for x and y and make sure you write a complete sentence for an answer)

If Frank and John can meet these goals with their diets , they will weigh same after 9.6 weeks and they will weigh 179.2 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x = Number of weeks.

As per given question ,

Weight of Frank after x weeks = 160+2x (pounds)

Weight of John after x weeks = 208-3x (pounds)

When Weight of Frank= Weight of John

Weight of Frank after 9.6 weeks = 160+2(9.6) = 179.2 pounds

Weight of John after 9.6 weeks = 208-3(9.6)=179.2 pounds

Hence, If Frank and John can meet these goals with their diets , they will weigh same after 9.6 weeks and they will weigh 179.2 pounds.

hi there!

first we need to find out how much they are adding to each number to make the next number.

ex: 4 + 4 = 8, 8 + 8 = 16, and so on.

so continuing with 32,

32 + 32 = 64

64 + 64 = 128

128 + 128 = 256

256 + 256 = 512

4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512

the 8th term of the sequence will be 512

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