Georgina owns a parrot and is teaching it to speak. So far, the parrot knows seventeen phrases. If she is teaching it two phrases a week and it already knew three phrases when she bought it, how many days has Georgina had it?
Let's be accurate as possible. Think before you answer.
49
The parrot knew 3 phrases when Georgina bought it, so it has learned 17 - 3 = 14 phrases from her.

She has been teaching it 2 phrases a week, so she has had it 14 / 2 = 7 weeks.

There are 7 days in a week, so Georgina has had the parrot for 7 * 7 = 49 days.

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So, the answer is 49