Problem: if jake loses 5 pounds , he will weigh thrice as much as his sister . together they now weigh 285 pounds . what is jake ' s present weight , in pounds ?
Rationale: "this problem can be solved as a simple word problem in which we must convert words to math . before we create our equations , we want to define some variables . j = jake ’ s current weight , in pounds s = sister ’ s current weight , in pounds we are told that “ if jake loses 8 pounds , he will weigh twice as much as his sister . we put this into an equation : j – 5 = 3 s j = 3 s + 5 ( equation 1 ) next , we are told that “ together they now weigh 275 pounds . ” we can also put this into an equation . j + s = 285 ( equation 2 ) to solve this equation , we can substitute 2 s + 8 from equation 1 for the variable j in equation 2 : 3 s + 5 = 285 - s 4 s = 280 s = 70 j + 70 = 285 j = 215 answer : e"
annotated_formula: divide(add(multiply(const_2, 285), 5), const_3)