user: In a year with 12 months, the total number of vehicles passing through the old bridge is 2000 * 12 = 24000. The new bridge has a capacity of 60 / 100 * 2000 = 1200 more vehicles passing through it in a month than the old one. The total number of vehicles passing through the new bridge in a month is 2000 + 1200 = 3200. There are 3200 * 12 = 38400 vehicles passing through the new bridge in a year. Altogether, the two bridges have 38400 + 24000 = 62400 vehicles passing through them in a year.
The answer: 62400
Reverse engineering the question: The country of Belize had a 5 lane bridge that had 2000 vehicles passing through it every month. They decided to build a new bridge that had twice the capacity of the old one, and the number of vehicles passing through the new one increased by 60% more than the old bridge. If the bridges work concurrently for a year, calculate the total number of vehicles that pass through the two bridges.
Reasoning and answer: Eunice can plant a total of 3 pots x 3 seeds = 9 seeds in three pots. So, only 10 - 9 = 1 eggplant seed will be planted in the fourth pot.
The answer: 1
What was the question?
Question: Eunice has 10 eggplant seeds and 4 pots. How many seeds will be planted in the fourth pot if 3 seeds can be planted in 1 pot?
First find the total number of times the wombats claw him: 9 wombats * 4 claws / wombat = 36 claws. Then add the number of times the rheas claw him to find the total: 36 claws + 3 claws = 39 claws.
The answer: 39
Reverse engineering the question: Carson leans over the railing at the zoo to get the perfect selfie and falls into the combined wombat and rhea enclosure. There are 9 wombats and 3 rheas. If each wombat claws him 4 times and each rhea claws him once, how many times does he get clawed?
Reasoning and answer: Jordan picked 54 / 3 = 18 ripe mangoes. He picked 54 - 18 = 36 unripe mangoes. Jordan gave 36 - 16 = 20 unripe mangoes to his sister. Jordan's sister can make 20 / 4 = 5 jars of pickled mangoes.
The answer: 5
What was the question?
Question: Jordan picked 54 mangoes from his tree. One-third of the mangoes were ripe while the other two-thirds were not yet ripe. Jordan kept 16 unripe mangoes and gave the remainder to his sister who pickled them in glass jars. If it takes 4 mangoes to fill a jar, how many jars of pickled mangoes can Jordan's sister make?
Will caught 16 + 10 = 26 fishes. Henry caught 3 trout for each catfish Will caught so since Will caught 16 catfish, Henry caught 16 * 3 = 48 trout. Half of 48 trout is (1 / 2) * 48 = 24. Henry returned 24 trout leaving him with 48 - 24 = 24 trout. They now have a total of 26 + 24 = 50 fishes.
The answer: 50
Reverse engineering the question: Will and Henry go fishing in a river. Will catches 16 catfish and 10 eels. Henry challenges himself to catch 3 trout for every catfish Will catches. Due to environmental concerns, Henry decides to return half his catch after meeting his own challenge. How many fishes do they have altogether now?
In the first two hours, Keenan writes 800 words because 400 * 2 = 800. After that, she still needs to write 400 words because 1200 - 800 = 400. Since she writes 200 words per hour, she will take 2 hours to write the last 400 words because 400 / 200 = 2. Thus, she needs to start 4 hours before the deadline because 2 + 2 = 4.
The answer: 4
Reverse engineering the question:

assistant: Keenan needs to write an essay that is 1200 words. Her essay is due at midnight. She writes 400 words per hour for the first two hours. After that, she writes 200 words per hour. How many hours before the deadline does she need to start to finish on time?