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?(
To find out how many days it will take for the baby elephant to weigh 224 pounds, we need to find the difference between the final weight and the initial weight.
The difference in weight is 224 pounds - 150 pounds = 74 pounds.
If the elephant gains 2 pounds per day, we can divide the difference in weight by the rate of weight gain to find the number of days.
74 pounds / 2 pounds per day = 37 days.
Therefore, it will take the baby elephant 37 days to weigh a total of 224 pounds.