Question

A baby elephant named Nora was born at a wildlife refuge and weighed 200 lbs when she was

born and gained 22 lbs every week. In preparation for her birth, the staff estimated how much
she would weigh at certain weeks so they could stock some of her food ahead of time. They
documented that at 16 weeks she would weigh approximately 352 lbs. Did they estimate
correctly? If so, explain why. If not, describe what they did wrong and find her accurate weight.​

Answer 1

352 lbs is correct

Explanation:

They did estimate correctly. for how to do this look below:

So we have a elephant that gains 22 pounds every week and they estimated that at 16 week she would be at 352 lbs

22 which was current pounds at the time and she would keep gaining that every week for 16 weeks

So weight times weeks

22*16

22*16= 352

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