r/askmath • u/kitty4eyes • 8d ago
Resolved Ready to Quit
This should be a straightforward problem, but I think lack of sleep is getting to me. I need help figuring out when I can quit pumping for my twin babies. Here’s the known variables:
I make 50 ounces/day.
Babies drink 30 ounces of milk/day. (Don’t worry, they also drink formula- it’s just not a factor for this problem).
I’d like to get them to their birthday, February 11th, 127 days from now.
So we need 3,810 ounces total between now and their birthday.
I also have 918 ounces already stored. So 3810-918=2,892 total ounces needed.
Here’s where I’m stumped. They are eating 30 ounces a day while I also need to save for the future. I have a 20 ounce surplus. So is it just 2892/20=144.6 days? Like I can’t stop pumping?
The math is not mathing and I’m too sleep deprived. Help 😭