Answer this question:Bronson is an apple dealer. He buys apples from farmers and then transports them to the grocery stores and sells them for profit. He buys individual apples from farmers at a cost of $12 per bushel, and sells them to the stores at a price of $0.40 per apple. If each bushel contains 48 apples, then how much profit, in dollars, does he make after selling 100 apples?
At a cost of $12 per bushel, and with 48 apples per bushel, then each apple costs Bronson $12 / 48 = $0.25. If he sells the apples to the stores at $0.40 per apple, then he makes a profit of $0.40 - $0.25 = $0.15 per apple. After selling 100 apples to the store, his profit would be 100 * $0.15 = $15.
The answer is 15.

Answer this question:A jet travels 580 miles in 2 hours. At this rate, how far could the jet fly in 10 hours?
In one hour the jet could travel 580 miles / 2 hours = 290 miles. In 10 hours the jet could fly 290 miles * 10 = 2900 miles.
The answer is 2900.

Answer this question:Rick took off on a road trip for the summer. He traveled to the first destination on his trip, and then from there, he traveled twice the distance to this second destination. The third point on his trip was 40 miles away, which was half the distance he traveled from the beginning to his first destination. The final destination took twice the amount of driving of all the other legs put together. How many miles in total did he travel across all the legs of the trip?
If the third leg of Rick's trip was half the distance of the first leg, was 40 miles, this means the first leg was 40 * 2 = 80 miles long. If the second leg of the trip was twice the distance of the first leg, that means it was 80 * 2 = 160 miles long. If the fourth leg was equal in distance to the total amount traveled across the first 3 legs, that means it was equal to 40 + 80 + 160 = 280 miles long. This means in total Rick traveled 280 + 280 = 560 miles.
The answer is 560.

Answer this question:Samuel bought 2 dozen doughnuts and Cathy bought 3 dozen doughnuts. They planned to share the doughnuts evenly with their 8 other friends. How many doughnuts will each of them receive?
Since 1 dozen is equal to 12, then Samuel has 2 x 12 = 24 doughnuts. While Cathy has 3 x 12 = 36. They both have 24 + 36 = 60 doughnuts together. There are 8 friends + 1 (Samuel) + 1 (Cathy) = 10 that will share the doughnuts. Thus, each of them will get 60 / 10 = 6 doughnuts.
The answer is 6.