To find out how many days it will take for the baby elephant to weigh a total of 224 pounds, we start with its initial weight of 150 pounds and calculate how many pounds it needs to gain to reach 224 pounds.
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Calculate the weight gain needed: \[ 224 , \text{pounds} - 150 , \text{pounds} = 74 , \text{pounds} \]
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The baby elephant gains 2 pounds per day. To find out how many days it will take to gain 74 pounds, we divide the total weight gain needed by the weight gain per day: \[ \frac{74 , \text{pounds}}{2 , \text{pounds/day}} = 37 , \text{days} \]
Thus, it will take the elephant a total of 37 days to weigh 224 pounds.
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