Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: 7200
Question: James decides to buy a living room set. The coach cost $2500 and the sectional cost $3500 and everything else has a combined cost of $2000. He gets a 10% discount on everything. How much did he pay?
Stream-of-consciousness: The combined cost of everything was 2500 + 3500 + 2000 = $8000. So he gets an 8000 * .1 = $800 discount. That means he pays 8000 - 800 = $7200.