Reasoning and answer: The bus to Ryan's work takes 10 minutes longer than his bike ride, so it takes 10 + 30 = 40 minutes. Ryan takes the bus 3 times a week, so the bus rides take 40 * 3 = 120 minutes a week. His friend cuts two - thirds off his biking time, which is 2 / 3 * 30 = 20 minutes a week. This means his friend takes 30 - 20 = 10 minutes to drive him. Therefore, Ryan spends 120 + 10 + 30 = 160 minutes every week commuting to work.
The answer: 160
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Question: To get to work, Ryan bikes one day a week takes the bus three times a week and gets a ride from a friend once a week. It takes him thirty minutes to bike to work. The bus takes ten minutes longer since it stops at every bus stop for other passengers. His friend driving him is the fastest and cuts two-thirds off his biking time. How many minutes does he spend every week commuting to work?
Two times the number of puppies is 32 * 2 = 64 kittens. There are 64 + 14 = 78 kittens.
The answer: 78
Reverse engineering the question: There are 14 more kittens than two times the number of puppies at the animal shelter. If there are 32 puppies at the shelter, how many kittens are there?
Reasoning and answer: If Emery took twenty days to read the book, then it took Serena 5 * 20 = 100 days to read the whole book. The total number of days taken by the two to read the book is 100 + 20 = 120 days. The average number of days the two take to read the book is 120 / 2 = 60 days.
The answer: 60
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Question: Emery and Serena go to their school library, and each borrows a copy of The life of Jack Steve's book to read for their school project. If Emery can read five times as fast as Serena, and the book takes her 20 days to read, what's the average number of days the two take to read the book?
First find the total cost of the children's tickets: 6 children * $20 / child = $120. Then add the cost of the adult ticket to find the total cost: $120 + $35 = $155.
The answer: 155
Reverse engineering the question: Violet is trying to figure out whether she should buy a family pass to the aquarium for $120 or pay for tickets separately. If adult tickets cost $35 and children's tickets cost $20, and Violet's family has 1 adult and 6 children, how much will she pay if she buys separate tickets?
Reasoning and answer: First find how many years the base sentence will be: $40,000 / 1 year / $5,000 = 8 years. Then find how long the increase for the third offense is: 8 years * 25% = 2 years. Then add the third - offense increase and the sentence for resisting arrest to the base sentence: 8 years + 2 years + 2 years = 12 years.
The answer: 12
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Question: Nissa is calculating a jail sentence for a man who was convicted of burglary. The base sentence is 1 year of jail for every $5,000 of goods stolen. The burglar is going to have his sentence length increased by 25% because this is his third offense, plus 2 additional years for resisting arrest. How many years total is the burglar's sentence if he stole $40,000 worth of goods?
Reasoning and answer: There are 80 cherries in a pound and she needs 3 pounds to make a pie so she needs 80 * 3 = 240 cherries. It takes her 10 minutes to pit a unit of 20 cherries. She has 240 / 20 = 12 units of cherries to pit. It takes 10 minutes to pit a unit of cherries and she has 12 units so it will take her 10 * 12 = 120 minutes. 60 minutes are in 1 hour and it takes her 120 minutes so that's 120 / 60 = 2 hours.
The answer: 2
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Question:
To make a cherry pie, Veronica needs 3 pounds of pitted cherries. There are 80 single cherries in one pound of cherries. It takes 10 minutes to pit 20 cherries. How many hours will it take Veronica to pit all the cherries?