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 out how many days it will take for the baby elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds, we need to subtract its initial weight at birth (150 pounds) from the target weight (224 pounds) and then divide the result by the weight gained per day (2 pounds/day).
224 pounds - 150 pounds = 74 pounds
74 pounds ÷ 2 pounds/day = 37 days
Therefore, it will take the baby elephant 37 days to weigh a total of 224 pounds.