Question

Bessie calved an 83-pound calf on March 10 . The calf was sold 250 days later weighing 525 pounds. What was the average weight gain per day to the nearest hundredth of a pound?

Answer 1

1.77 pounds per day

Explanation:

The calf agained 442 pounds (525 - 83) in 250 days.

442/250 = 1.768

Rounding this to the nearest hundredths is 1.77 pounds.