They say the first year of a dog's life equals 15 human years. The second year of a dog's life equals 9 human years and after that, every year of a dog's life equals 5 human years. According to this logic, how many human years has my 10-year-old dog lived?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
If your dog is 10 years old then in his first year of life he lived 1 * 15 = 15 human years. In his second year of life, he lived 1 * 9 = 9 human years. We need to calculate his remaining years or 10 - 2 = 8 years of dog life into human years. If 1 year of dog life after the 2 years equates to 5 human years, then 8 years of dog life equals 8 * 5 = 40 human years. In total, your dog has lived 15 + 9 + 40 = 64 human years.
Thus, the answer is 64.