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a farmer bought a pig weighing 30 pounds. He expects it to gain 13 pounds a month and he plans on selling tge pig when it weighs approximately 212 pounds. How many months will it be before he can sell
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a farmer bought a pig weighing 30 pounds. He expects it to gain 13 pounds a month and he plans on selling tge pig when it weighs approximately 212 pounds. How many months will it be before he can sell the animal

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It will take exactly 14 months for the pig to be 212.

User Artem Zinoviev
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212-30= 182
182÷13= 14
It will be 14 months before he can sell the pig
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