Question. Jame has 60 bars of gold. He uses 10% of them to pay for tax and then loses half of what is left in divorce. How many gold bars does he have left?
Answer. 27
What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer?
Reasoning: He loses 60 * .1 = 6 bars to taxes. That means he has 60 - 6 = 54 bars after taxes. So he has 54 / 2 = 27 bars after the divorce.