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 the number of pounds the elephant gains in a year.
In the first year, the elephant gains 2 pounds per day. Since there are 365 days in a year, the elephant gains a total of 2 * 365 = 730 pounds in a year.
To find the number of days it will take for the elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds, we subtract the weight the elephant was born at from the total weight: 224 - 150 = 74 pounds.
Since the elephant gains 730 pounds in a year, we divide 74 by 730 to find the number of years it will take for the elephant to gain those 74 pounds: 74 / 730 = 0.101.
To convert years to days, we multiply the number of years by the number of days in a year: 0.101 * 365 = 36.865.
Therefore, it will take approximately 37 days for the baby elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds.