You are provided with an arithmetic question. Your task is to compute the solution using the given arithmetic operations. The only arithmetic operators needed to answer the questions are'+'(addition) and'-'(subtraction). The answer should be correct to one decimal place.

Alyssa picked 42 pears and Nancy picked 17 pears from the pear tree.How many pears were picked in all?
59.0

While making desserts for a bake sale, Victor used 0.625 scoop ofbrown sugar as well as 0.225 scoop of white sugar. How much morebrown sugar did Victor use?
0.4

Dan spent $11.76 on a snake toy, and a cage cost him $14.54. Danalso found a dollar bill on the ground. What was the total cost of Dan's purchases?

26.3