Q: John's pool is 5 feet deeper than 2 times Sarah's pool. If John's pool is 15 feet deep, how deep is Sarah's pool?
A: Let x be the number of feet in John's pool. 2 * x + 5 = 15. 2x = 10. x = 5. The answer is 5.
Question: A boat carrying 20 sheep, 10 cows and 14 dogs capsized. 3 of the sheep drowned. Twice as many cows drowned as did sheep. All of the dogs made it to shore. How many total animals made it to the shore?
Answer: The boat had 20 - 3 = 17 sheep make it to shore. 3 sheep drowned, so 2 * 3 = 6 cows drowned. 10 cows on the boat - 6 drowned = 4 cows made it to the shore. 17 sheep + 4 cows + 14 dogs = 35 animals made it to shore. The answer is 35.
[Question]Jane is painting her fingernails. She applies a base coat that takes 2 minutes to dry, two color coats that take 3 minutes each to dry, and a clear top coat that takes 5 minutes to dry. How many minutes total does Jane spend waiting for her nail polish to dry?
[Answer]First figure out how long both color coats will take to dry: 3 minutes * 2 = 6 minutes. Then add up the time for the base coat, top coat, and color coats: 6 minutes + 2 minutes + 5 minutes = 13 minutes. The answer is 13.
Q: 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.
A: 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 is 32.
Question: In a national park, the number of redwoods is 20% more than the number of pines. If there are 600 pines in the national park, calculate the total number of pines and redwoods that are there.
Answer: If there are 600 pines, there are 20 / 100 * 600 = 120 more redwoods than pine trees in the national park. In total, there are 120 + 600 = 720 redwoods in the national park. Altogether, there are 720 + 600 = 1320 pines and redwoods in the national park. The answer is 1320.
Q: Anne's female cat weighs 2 kilograms. Her male cat is two times heavier. If Anne is going to carry both of them, how many kilograms is she carrying?
A:
Anne's male cat weighs 2 x 2 = 4 kilograms. Thus, Anne is carrying a total of 2 + 4 = 6 kilograms when she carries both of them. The answer is 6.