3000 bees hatch from the queen's eggs every day. If a queen loses 900 bees every day, how many total bees are in the hive (including the queen) at the end of 7 days if at the beginning the queen had 12500 bees?
3000 new bees are born every day. In 7 days there will be 3000*7=
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21000 new bees.
If each day the queen loses 900 bees, in 7 days there will be 900*7=
<gadget id="calculator">900*7</gadget>
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6300 fewer bees.
If at the beginning the queen had 12500 bees, then at the end of 7 days she will have 12500+21000-6300=
<gadget id="calculator">12500+21000-6300</gadget>
<output>27_200</output>
27200 bees.
The total number of bees in the hive including the queen is 27200+1 =
<gadget id="calculator">27200+1</gadget>
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27201.

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