Question

Reza was very sick and lost

15% of his original weight. He lost

27 pounds. What was his original

weight?

Short answer

His original weight was 180 pound.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Given Information

$$\begin{gathered} Weightlost=27pounds \\ \%loss=15\%oftotalweight \end{gathered}$$

Step 2. Calculation

$$\begin{gathered} Lettheoriginalweightbexpounds \\ therefore, \\ 15\%ofxis27pounds \\ \frac{15}{100}\times x=27 \\ x=\frac{2700}{15} \\ x=180 \end{gathered}$$