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How many days will it take for him to grow to be as big as 25% of the lake ?

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A Giant Turtle lives in a lake
and all he does each day is eat !
He Eats so much that every day he doubles in size.

If it will take 50 days for the turtle to
grow to be as big as the lake,
How many days will it take for him to grow
to be as big as 25% of the lake ?

posted Nov 22, 2016 by Anshika Utadi

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On 48 day it will be 25%

answer Nov 22, 2016 by Subhash Gupta



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