Suppose a woman's ovaries release one egg each month from the age of 13 to the age of 49, with no…
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Suppose a woman's ovaries release one egg each month from the age of to the age of , with no pregnancies. How many eggs are released in all? She was born with about lakh immature eggs. What fraction of them is ever released? Give the fraction as a percentage to one decimal place.
Need a reminder? The key ideaShow
Male: the testes in the scrotum make sperm and testosterone; the vas deferens carries the sperm to the urethra, the shared path for sperm and urine; the seminal vesicles and prostate add fluid. Female: the ovaries release one egg a month; the oviduct carries it to the uterus, which opens through the cervix into the vagina.
The worked solution
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Years. years.
Step 2. Eggs. One a month: eggs.
Step 3. The fraction. .
Answer: eggs, about of the eggs she was born with.
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