Okay i think i understand this wrod problem but i need help

Question

this is the problem:

keith weighs 200 pounds. He wants to weigh less than 175 pounds. If he can lose an average of 2 pounds per a week on a certain diet, how long should he stay on his diet to reach his goal weight??

Write an inequality to represent the data in the questions above?

I go 200 less than 175 = 2

please tell me if this is right and what i did wrong.

please and thank you

Answer 1

200lbs - 175lbs = 25lbs
so keith needs to lose 25lbs or more to reach his target weight of 175lbs
so 25 divided by 2 (Lbs loss a week) = 12.5
therefore 12.5 weeks will reach his target of 175lbs or 13 weeks to reach 174lbs (which is less, where he wanted to be)

Answer 2

The inequality would be:

200-2x < 175

because 200 is his current weight, and x would be the number of weeks it will take to reach his weight. 200 minus the weight per week should equal less than 175. Does this make sense?

Answer 3

Thanks emily and jimmy for your help