)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?(1 point)

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Answer 1

To determine how many days it will take for the baby elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds, we can use the following steps:

1. Starting weight: The baby elephant weighs 150 pounds at birth.
2. Weight gain per day: The elephant gains 2 pounds each day.
3. Target weight: We want to find out how many days it will take to reach 224 pounds.

First, we calculate how much weight the elephant needs to gain to reach 224 pounds:

\[ \text{Weight needed to gain} = \text{Target weight} - \text{Starting weight} = 224 \text{ pounds} - 150 \text{ pounds} = 74 \text{ pounds} \]

Next, we find out how many days it will take to gain that weight at a rate of 2 pounds per day:

\[ \text{Days needed} = \frac{\text{Weight needed to gain}}{\text{Weight gain per day}} = \frac{74 \text{ pounds}}{2 \text{ pounds/day}} = 37 \text{ days} \]

Therefore, it will take the elephant 37 days to weigh a total of 224 pounds.