Kyle makes $3200.00 every month. His monthly bills include $1250 for rent, $150 on utilities, $400 into retirement & savings accounts, $300.00 on groceries/eating out, $200 for insurance and $200 for miscellaneous expenses. If he's looking at buying a car with a monthly car payment of $350 how much does that leave for gas and maintenance? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. Kyle's monthly bills are 1250 + 150 + 400 + 300 + 200 + 200 = $2,500.00. He makes $3200 and his bills are $2500 so that leaves 3200 - 2500 = $700.00. If he buys a car with a monthly car payment of $350 then that leaves 700 - 350 = $350.00 left over for gas and maintenance.. The answer is: 350.

Mary's sheep can run 12 feet per second, and her sheepdog can run 20 feet per second. A sheep standing 160 feet away from the sheep dog bolts, and the dog runs after it. How many seconds does it take the dog to catch the sheep? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. First find how much faster the dog is than the sheep: 20 feet / second - 12 feet / second = 8 feet / second. Then divide the distance the dog needs to run by the speed difference: 160 feet / 8 feet / second = 20 seconds.. The answer is: 20.

A factory produced televisions at a constant rate of 10 per day in a certain year. If they reduced the total production by 10 percent in the second year, calculate the total production of television by the factory in the second year. Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. Since a year has 365 days, the total television production in the first year is 10 * 365 = 3650. In the second year, they reduced the total television production by 10 / 100 * 3650 = 365. The total television production in the second year was 3650 - 365 = 3285.. The answer is: 3285.