SOLUTION: A certain kind of animal weighs about 75 pounds at birth and gains about 2 pounds per day for the first few weeks. Determine those days for which the animal's weight is more than 1
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Question 176835: A certain kind of animal weighs about 75 pounds at birth and gains about 2 pounds per day for the first few weeks. Determine those days for which the animal's weight is more than 125 pounds.
The animal's weight is more than 125 pounds when the animal is more than ______ days old. Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! lets call the animals weight W lets call t the number of days.
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W(t)=75+2t
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we want W(t)>125
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so 75+2t>125
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2t>50
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so on the 26th day the animal will surpass 125 pounds.
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