Q: Police officer A patrols 36 streets in 4 hours. His colleague, officer B, patrols 55 streets in 5 hours. How many streets will both officers patrol in one hour?
A: 20
Step-by-step reasoning process: Officer A patrols 36 streets / 4 hours = 9 streets / hour. Officer B patrols 55 streets / 5 hours = 11 streets / hour. Together officer A and B patrol 9 streets / hour + 11 streets / hour = 20 streets / hour.

Q: Jason drives past 3 convenience stores on his way to work. The distance between the first store and the second store is 6 miles. The distance between the second store and third store is 2/3rds longer than the distance between the first two stores. The distance from his house to the first store and the last store to work is the same, 4 miles. How long in miles is Jason's commute to work?
A: 24
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the additional distance between the second store and the third store: 6 miles * 2 / 3 = 4 miles. Then add that to the distance between the first two stores to find the total distance between the second and third stores: 4 miles + 6 miles = 10 miles. Then add the distance between the first two stores, the distance from Jason's house to the first store, and the distance from the last store to work: 10 miles + 6 miles + 4 miles + 4 miles = 24 miles.

Q: Every hour past noon shadows from a building stretch an extra 5 feet, starting at zero at noon. How long are the shadows from the building 6 hours past noon in inches?
A: 360
Step-by-step reasoning process: If the shadows lengthen by 5 feet per hour, this means that in 6 hours the shadows would have lengthened from zero to 5 * 6 = 30 feet. Since there are 12 inches in every foot, this means the building's shadow would be 30 * 12 = 360 inches in length.

Q: Lauryn owns a computer company that employs men and women in different positions in the company. How many men does he employ if there are 20 fewer men than women and 180 people working for Lauryn?
A: 80
Step-by-step reasoning process: Let's say the number of men working at the company is x. Since there are 180 people, and the number of men is 20 fewer than the number of women, then x + x + 20 = 180. The total number of employees in the company is 2x + 20 = 180. 2x = 180 - 20. 2x = 160. The number of men is x = 160 / 2. There are x = 80 men in the company.