Question

a wild life reserve had 8 elephant calves born during the summer and now has 31 total elephants. How many elephants were in the reserve before summer began ?

Answer 1

31-8=23
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Answer 2

The answer is 23 elephants

Explanation:

Firstly, we have to subtract 8 elephants to the total amount of elephants that there are in the wild life reserve.

These 8 elephants were born during summer, not before, and the question is about the total amount of elephants before summer.

So, the mathematical operation is:

Elephants after summer=31

Elephants were born during summer=8

Elephants before summer=31-8=23

Finally, the total amount of elephants before summer are 23.