The task is to generate the correct answer for a given math problem.
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Question: Problem: in a maths test , students were asked to find 5 / 16 of a certain number . one of the students by mistake found 5 / 6 th of that number and his answer was 150 more than the correct answer . find the number .

Answer: 288


Question: Problem: there are 750 male and female participants in a meeting . half the female participants and one - quarterof the male participants are democrats . one - third of all the participants are democrats . how many of the democrats are female ?

Answer: 125


Question: Problem: each month a retailer sells 100 identical items . on each item he makes a profit of $ 60 that constitutes 10 % of the item ' s price to the retailer . if the retailer contemplates giving a 5 % discount on the items he sells , what is the least number of items he will have to sell each month to justify the policy of the discount ?

Answer:
223