A baby elephant weighs 150 pounds when born. It gains 2 pounds per day during the first year. How many days will it take the elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds
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To find the number of days it will take for the elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds, we need to determine how many pounds the elephant gains in total and divide that by 2.
Amount of weight gained in the first year = 224 pounds - 150 pounds = 74 pounds
Number of days = (Amount of weight gained in the first year) / (Pounds gained per day)
Number of days = 74 pounds / 2 pounds/day = 37 days
Therefore, it will take the elephant 37 days to weigh a total of 224 pounds.
Alright, let's solve the problem again.
A baby elephant weighs 150 pounds when born, and it gains 2 pounds per day during the first year. We want to find out how many days it will take for the elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds.
To find the number of days, we can set up the equation:
150 pounds + (2 pounds/day × number of days) = 224 pounds
Let's solve for the number of days:
2 pounds/day × number of days = 224 pounds - 150 pounds
2 pounds/day × number of days = 74 pounds
Divide both sides of the equation by 2 pounds/day:
number of days = 74 pounds / 2 pounds/day
number of days = 37 days
Therefore, it will take the elephant 37 days to weigh a total of 224 pounds.
To find out how many days it will take for the baby elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds, we need to determine the number of days it will take for the elephant to gain 224 - 150 = 74 pounds.
Since the baby elephant gains 2 pounds per day, we can divide the total weight gain of 74 pounds by 2:
74 pounds / 2 pounds per day = 37 days
Therefore, it will take the baby elephant 37 days to weigh a total of 224 pounds.