user: Reasoning and answer: Esperanza pays 3 / 5 * $600 = $360 on food. She also spends 3 * $360 = $1080 on mortgage bills. Her expenses in taxes amount to 2 / 5 * $2000 = $800. Esperanza's total monthly expenses are $800 on taxes + $1080 on mortgage bills + $360 on food + $600 on rent = $2840. Her gross salary is $2840 for expenses + $2000 on savings = $4840.
The answer: 4840
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Question: On a monthly basis, Esperanza pays $600 in rent, 3/5 as much money on food as she pays on rent and her mortgage bill costs three times the amount of money she spends on food. If she saves $2000 and also pays the equivalent of 2/5 of her savings in taxes, calculate her gross monthly salary.
The down payment Rita made was 120 / 2 = 60 dollars. The balance was therefore 120 - 60 = 60 dollars. To pay off the balance within 10 days, Rita must make payments of 60 / 10 = 6 dollars per day.
The answer: 6
Reverse engineering the question: Rita put a $120 elliptical machine on layaway at her local sports good store. After making a down payment equal to half the cost of the machine, she completely forgot about it. Sometime before the pick-up date, a store employee called offered to waive all layaway fees and taxes on the condition that Rita paid the balance within 10 days. What is the daily minimum amount, in dollars, that Rita must pay to own the elliptical machine?
Reasoning and answer: On Monday, he spent half of $80 leaving him with $80 - (1 / 2) * $80 = $40. On Tuesday, he spent 1 / 5th of $40 leaving $40 - (1 / 5) * 40 = $32. On Wednesday, he spent 3 / 8ths of $32 leaving $32 - (3 / 8) * $32 = $20.
The answer: 20
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Question: Bob started out the week with $80. On Monday alone, he spent half the money. On Tuesday, he spent one-fifth of the amount left from Monday. On Wednesday, he spent 3/8ths of the amount left from Tuesday. How much does he have left now?
Let X be the shoe price. The jersey's price is 1 / 4 * X. Jeff bought 6 pairs of shoes and 4 jerseys for 6 * X + 4 * (1 / 4X) = $560. Multiplying through the parentheses produces 6X + X = $560. Combining like terms produces 7X = $560. Dividing both sides by 7 produces X = $80, so the shoe price is $80. Since Jeff bought 6 pairs of shoes, he spent 80 * 6 = $480 on shoes.
The answer: 480
Reverse engineering the question: Jeff bought 6 pairs of shoes and 4 jerseys for $560. Jerseys cost 1/4 price of one pair of shoes. Find the shoe's price total price.
Reasoning and answer: 8 pounds of fruit = 128 ounces of fruit. Mario ate 8 ounces + Lydia ate 24 ounces = 8 + 24 = 32 ounces. Nicolai ate 128 - 32 = 96 ounces. 96 ounces = 6 pounds. Nicolai ate 6 pounds of peaches.
The answer: 6
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Question: Three friends ate a total of 8 pounds of fruit. Mario had 8 ounces of oranges, while Lydia ate 24 ounces of apples. Nicolai ate peaches. How many pounds of peaches did Nicolai eat?
Reasoning and answer: The total amount of cookies he can eat in a day is 13 x 3 = 39. The total amount of cookies he can eat in a month is 39 x 20 = 780. Therefore, the total amount of cookies he can eat in 3 months is 780 x 3 = 2340.
The answer: 2340
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assistant: Theo can eat 13 cookies, 3 times a day, 20 days each month. How many cookies can he eat in 3 months?