Question

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

Answer 1

it would take randy 6 week to loose 17 pounds

Answer 2

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.