At birth human females have all their \"potential eggs\" in their ovaries, and b
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At birth human females have all their "potential eggs" in their ovaries, and by the time they reach puberty, the number of their potential eggs diminishes in number. For this problem, from puberty to menopause female humans ovulate one egg every 28 days and we will assume that there are no pregnancies during this time period. Now let's say that there is a new imaging technique that allows us to precisely count the number of potential eggs in the ovaries of a newborn human female, and the number of potential eggs in the same female at puberty. If a certain female has 858660 potential eggs at birth, and 338673 potential eggs at puberty, then how many of these potential eggs will be ovulated (no partial eggs can be ovulated) between puberty and menopause that lasts 27 years 258 days for this female, ignoring any leap years?
Explanation / Answer
it will be approximately 361 eggs for the period of 27 years and 258 days from the total of 338673 eggs.
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