Reasoning and answer: The price of a personal computer is $300 + $500 = $800. The price of an advanced tablet would be $300 + $800 = $1100. To buy each of these products, you would have to pay $300 + $800 + $1100 = $2200.
The answer: 2200
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Question: An electronic shop offers smartphones for $300 each, personal computers for $500 more than smartphones, and advanced tablets for the sum of the prices of a smartphone and personal computer. How much do you have to pay to buy one of each of the three mentioned products?
He uses 3 detergent pods a week and there are 52 weeks in a year, so he uses 3 * 52 = 156. His detergent has 39 pods per pack and he needs 156 pods, so he will need 156 / 39 = 4 packs of detergent pods.
The answer: 4
Reverse engineering the question: Hayes does 3 loads of laundry a week using a detergent pod for each load. His detergent pods come 39 to a pack. How many packs of detergent pods will he need to do a full year of laundry?
Reasoning and answer: Andy has 6 x 4 = 24 white socks. He loses 24 / 2 = 12 white socks. He still has 12 - 6 = 6 white socks more than black socks.
The answer: 6
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Question: Andy has 4 times as many white socks as he has black socks. If he loses half his white socks, how many more white socks does he still have than black socks if he has 6 black socks?
In total, Bryan would have done 3 sets * 15 push - ups / set = 45 push - ups. Subtracting the push - ups he didn't do in the third set, Bryan did 45 push - ups - 5 push - ups = 40 push - ups.
The answer: 40
Reverse engineering the question: Bryan starts exercising at home during quarantine. To start, he decides to do 3 sets of 15 push-ups each. Near the end of the third set, he gets tired and does 5 fewer push-ups. How many push-ups did he do in total?
Reasoning and answer: If Harvey ran 8 more miles, then he ran a total of 12 miles + 8 miles = 20 miles. The two friends ran a total of 20 miles + 12 miles = 32 miles.
The answer: 32
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Question: Harvey and his friend Sam decided to run a footrace in their school track field to see who was better at running. While at it, Harvey runs 8 miles more than his friend Sam, who runs a total of 12 miles. Calculate the total number of miles the two friends run together.
Reasoning and answer: On "TOP" books the bookstore made 13 * 8 = $104. The "ABC" books, on the other hand, were sold for a total of 4 * 23 = $92. The difference between earnings from these two books is 104 - 92 = $12.
The answer: 12
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Question:
At a certain bookstore, the best-selling book, "TOP," costs $8. The least-selling book, "ABC," costs $23. Thirteen "TOP" books and four "ABC" books were sold last week. What is the difference in the bookstore's earnings on these two books last week?