A plane takes off at 6:00 a.m. and flies for 4 hours from New York City to Chicago. The plane stays at the port in Chicago for 1 hour and then departs for Miami. If the aircraft took three times as many hours to fly to Miami than it took to fly from New York to Chicago, calculate the total time to travel from New York to Miami. Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. Before departing for Miami from Chicago, the total time the plane had taken for the journey is 4 + 1 = 5 hours. It took 3 * 4 = 12 hours to fly to Miami. . The total flying time from New York to Miami is 12 + 5 = 17 hours.. The answer is: 17.

James needs to get a new pair of glasses. His frames cost $200 and the lenses cost $500. Insurance will cover 80% of the cost of lenses and he has a $50 off coupon for frames. How much does everything cost? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. He gets 500 * .8 = $400 off the cost of lenses. That means the lenses cost 500 - 400 = $100. The frames cost 200 - 50 = $150. So he pays 100 + 150 = $250.. The answer is: 250.

Reese joined a Pinterest group where members contributed an average of 10 pins per day. The group owner deleted older pins at the rate of 5 pins per week per person. If the group has 20 people and the total number of pins is 1000, how many pins would be there after Reese had been a member for a month? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. In a day, the total number of new pins is 10 * 20 = 200. There will be 30 * 200 = 6000 new pins after a month. The total number with old pins present is 6000 + 1000 = 7000 pins. If the owner deletes five pins every week, the total number of deleted pins in a week is 5 * 20 = 100 pins. After a month, the number of deleted pins will be 100 * 4 = 400. The number of pins after the old pins are deleted is 7000 - 400 = 6600 pins.. The answer is: 6600.