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100,000 elephants die in 3 years. How many die in a year?

How many die in a month?
How many die a day?
How many die an hour?
How many die each minute

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Year: 100,000 / 3 = An average of 33,333 elephants a year

Month: 100,000 / 36 = An average of 2,778 elephants a month

Day: 100,000 / 1095 = An average of 91 elephants a day

Hour: 100,000 / 13140 = An average of 8 elephants an hour

Minute: 100,000 / 788,400 = Less than 1 elephant in a minute

It would take about 7.88 minutes for an elephant to die on average

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