Finding missing angles

Luke started a weight-loss program. the first week, he lost x pounds. the second week, he lost pounds less than times the pounds he lost the first week. the third week, he lost 1 pound more than of the pounds he lost the first week. liam started a weight-loss program when luke did. the first week, he lost 1 pound less than times the pounds luke lost the first week. the second week, he lost 4 pounds less than times the pounds luke lost the first week. the third week, he lost pound more than times the pounds luke lost the first week.

It takes an ant farm 3 days to consume 1/2 of an apple. at that rate, in how many days will the ant farm consume 3 apples

|p| > 3 {-3, 3} {p|-3 < p < 3} {p|p < -3 or p > 3}