Question

After its first day of life, a baby blue whale started growing. It grew 47.075 inches. If the average baby blue whale grows at a rate of 1.5 inches a day, for how many days did the baby whale grow, to the nearest tenth of a day?

Answer 1

After the first day, Length of baby blue whale=47.075 inches

It is given that, average baby blue whale grows at a rate of 1.5 inches a day.

⇒ To the nearest tenth of a day, increase in Height of baby blue whale will be

`=47.075 * (1.5)/(10)\\\\=7.06125` inches

Number of Days for which the baby whale grow, to the nearest tenth of a day

`=(47.075)/(7.06125)\\\\=6.67`

=Approximately 7 days

Answer 2

I believe its 31 days

I divided and got the answer