Question

The weight of animal hearts can range widely. An African bull elephant's heart can weigh as much as 61.73 pounds. A blue whale's heart can weigh as much as a VW beetle. That's about 3,025 pounds. What is the difference between the weight of blue whale's heart and an African bull elephant's heart? How many elephant hearts would it take to equal the weight of one blue whale's heart?

Answer 1

The difference between a blue whale's heart and a African bull elephant heart is 2963.27 lbs. it will take 49 African bull elephant's heart to equal one blue whale's heart.

Answer 2

Although this is a long question they aren't asking for too much.
First divide 60 and 3000 to get an estimate of how much you have to multiply  61.73 by.
3000 ÷ 60 = 50
Next we multiply by 61.73 by 50
61.73 x 50 = 3,086.5
So we know that we have to bring 50 down to a lower number because 3,086.5 is to high.
61.73 x 49 = 3,024.77
If you round 3,024.77 to the nearest whole number you get 3,025.

So I would say it would 49 elephant hearts to equal a weight of one blue whale heart