Reasoning and answer: He has 25% of his take - home pay automatically enrolled into his 401k so that's .25 * 1120 = $280.00. His take - home pay is $1120.00 and $280.00 is taken out for retirement so that leaves 1120 - 280 = $840.00. They also take $100.00 out of his paycheck for taxes so his paycheck will be issued for 840 - 100 = $740.00.
The answer: 740
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Question: Jim's bi-weekly gross pay is $1120. He automatically has 25% of his paycheck go into his retirement account. They also take $100.00 out of each paycheck for taxes. After money is taken out for retirement and taxes, how much money will be on Jim's paycheck?
In inches, the height of the rim is 10 * 12 = 120 inches. Thus, the height that the player needs to be able to reach is 120 + 6 = 126 inches. Without jumping, the player can reach their height plus an additional 22 inches, or a total of 6 * 12 + 22 = 94 inches. Therefore, the player needs to jump 126 - 94 = 32 inches to reach the height required to dunk a basketball.
The answer: 32
Reverse engineering the question: The rim of a standard basketball hoop is 10 feet above the ground. Additionally, most experts will say that a player must be able to reach at least 6 inches above the rim to dunk a basketball. Suppose a basketball player is 6 feet tall and can reach 22 inches above their head using the wingspan of their arms. How high must this player be able to jump to reach 6 inches above the rim to dunk a basketball?
Reasoning and answer: The discount for an iPhone 12 is $800 x 15 / 100 = $120. So, the iPhone will now cost $800 - $120 = $680. The discount for an iWatch is $300 x 10 / 100 = $30. So, the iWatch will now cost $300 - $30 = $270. The total cost of the iPhone and iWatch is $680 + $270 = $950. The cashback will be $950 x 2 / 100 = $19. Thus, Dexter will only pay $950 - $19 = $931.
The answer: 931
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Question: Dexter went to the mall and saw that Apple products are on sale. He wants to buy an iPhone 12 with a 15% discount and an iWatch with a 10% discount. The price tag shows that an iPhone 12 costs $800 while an iWatch costs $300. Upon check out, he will receive a further 2% cashback discount. How much would the items cost in total after the discount and cashback?
Billy has $25 less than twice Sam's money, or 2 * $75 - $25 = $150 - $25 = $125. Together they have $75 + $125 = $200.
The answer: 200
Reverse engineering the question: Billy has $25 less than twice the money Sam has. If Sam has $75, how much money do they have together?
Reasoning and answer: He spends 20 / 8 = 2.5 minutes each time he goes in. So it would take 2.5 * 6 = 15 minutes to go 6 times.
The answer: 15
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Question: It takes 20 minutes for John to go to the bathroom 8 times. How long would it take to go 6 times?
Reasoning and answer: On Monday, Jake watched 24 hours / 2 = 12 hours. On Wednesday, he watched 24 hours / 4 = 6 hours. So from Monday to Wednesday, he watched a total of 12 Monday hours + 4 Tuesday hours + 6 Wednesday hours = 22 hours. He watched half of this on Thursday, which is 22 hours / 2 = 11 hours. So from Monday to Thursday, he watched 22 + 11 = 33 hours. To finish the show on Friday, he must have therefore watched 52 33 = 19 hours.
The answer: 19
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Question:
Jake is watching a new show, and is worried about how much time he has spent watching it. He spent half the day on Monday watching his show, 4 hours on Tuesday watching his show, a quarter of the day on Wednesday watching his show, and he spent half as much time watching the show on Thursday as he had done in total throughout the previous few days. On Friday, he finally finished watching it. If the entire show is 52 hours long, how many hours did Jake watch on Friday?