Ryan started the summer with 50 chicken eggs in an incubator. Only 84% of the eggs hatched. Of the resulting chicks, 56

Question

of them survived the first 3 weeks. If he expects that after 1 year, his number of chickens will be double the number of chicks that survive the first 3 weeks, how many chickens can he expect to have after one year?

Answer 1

To find out how many chickens Ryan can expect to have after one year, let's break down the problem step by step.

1. Number of eggs that hatched: Ryan started with 50 chicken eggs, and 84% of them hatched. We calculate how many eggs hatched as follows:

   \[ \text{Hatched eggs} = 50 \times 0.84 = 42 \]

2. Number of chicks that survived: Out of the chicks that hatched, we know that 56 of them survived the first 3 weeks.

3. Expected number of chickens after one year: Ryan expects that the number of chickens after one year will be double the number of chicks that survive the first 3 weeks:

   \[ \text{Expected number of chickens} = 2 \times 56 = 112 \]

Thus, Ryan can expect to have 112 chickens after one year.