Question

Sarina’s dog, Bruno, has to go on a diet! Sarina puts Bruno on a diet plan of daily exercise and a special type of dog food. She estimates Bruno will lose

1 1/2 pounds per week on this plan.

Answer the following questions regarding Bruno's weight loss.


a. How many pounds does Sarina estimate Bruno will lose in 2 weeks?

b.How many pounds does Sarina estimate Bruno will lose in

8 1/2 weeks?

c. Write an equation for this situation. Use w to represent weeks and use p to represent the number of pounds Bruno loses. (Because Bruno is losing weight, the number of pounds he loses will be defined as a negative value.
please help

Answer 1

In two weeks he will lose 3 pounds

In 8.5 weeks he will lose 12.75 pounds

p= w(-1.5)