Q: Haley is making cider. It takes 20 golden delicious apples and 40 pink lady apples to make one pint of cider. Each of her 6 farmhands can pick 240 apples per hour and will work 5 hours today. How many pints of cider can Haley make with the apples gathered today, provided that the ratio of golden delicious apples to pink lady apples gathered is 1:2?
A: First figure out how many apples total are needed for one pint of cider: 20 golden delicious / pint + 40 pink lady / pint = 60 apples / pint. Then multiply that number by 8 to find the number of apples needed for a gallon of cider: 60 apples / pint * 8 pints / gallon = 480 apples / gallon. Now find how many apples per hour all 8 farmhands pick: 240 apples / hour / farmhand * 6 farmhands = 1440 apples / hour. Then multiply that amount by the number of hours worked to find the total number of apples gathered: 1440 apples / hour * 5 hours = 7200 apples. Divide the total number of apples gathered by the number of apples used by gallon to find the number of gallons of cider made: 7200 apples / 480 apples / gallon = 15 gallons. Since there are 8 pints in a gallon, the final answer is 15 gallons * 8 pints / gallon = 120 pints. The answer is 120.
Question: James and John combine their friends lists. James has 75 friends. John has 3 times as many friends as James. They share 25 friends. How many people are on the combined list?
Answer: John has 75 * 3 = 225 people on his friends list. So that means there are 225 + 75 = 300 people on the list. So once you remove duplicates there are 300 - 25 = 275 people. The answer is 275.
[Question]Jerry files a lawsuit against the convenience store where he works and slipped and fell. He's asking for damages for loss of a $50,000 annual salary for 30 years, $200,000 in medical bills, and punitive damages equal to triple the medical and salary damages. If he gets 80% of what he's asking for, for much money does he get?
[Answer]First find the total cost of Jerry's lost salary: $50,000 / year * 30 years = $1,500,000. Then add the cost of the medical bills: $1,500,000 + $200,000 = $1,700,000. Then triple that number to find the cost of the punitive damages: $1,700,000 * 3 = $5,100,000. Then add the cost of the medical and salary damages to find how much Jerry asked for: $1,700,000 + $5,100,000 = $6,800,000. Then multiply that number by 80% to find how much money Jerry is awarded: $6,800,000 * 80% = $5,440,000. The answer is 5440000.
Q: Bert has a garden shop. He buys his products in a warehouse and sells them for $10 more in his shop. From each sale, he has to pay 10% of the value in tax. One day a client came to his shop and bought a barrel for $90. How Much money did Bert make on this sale?
A: First, we need to know how much Bert paid for the barrel in the warehouse, and that is 90 - 10 = $80. The tax from the sale stands at 10 / 100 * 90 = $9. That means Bert earned 90 - 9 - 80 = $1 on the sale. The answer is 1.
Question: Steve makes 40000$ a year as a teacher. He loses 20 percent to taxes, 10 percent to healthcare, and 800$ to local union dues. How much money does Steve take home?
Answer: Taxes:40000(.20) = 8000$. Healthcare:40000(.10) = 4000$. Dues:800$. Total:40000 - 8000 - 4000 - 800 = 27,200$. The answer is 27200.
Q: The balance of Pam's bank account tripled during the year. At the end of the year, Pam withdrew $250. If her current balance is $950, how much did she have in the bank account at the beginning of the year?
A:
First, we have to come up with the balance before her withdrawal. $950 (current) + $250 (withdraw) = $1200. Now since we know that is triple, we divide by 3. $1200 / 3 = $400. The answer is 400.