Step-by-step reasoning process: On the first and second days, Nala found 5 + 7 = 12 seashells. On the third day, she found 12 x 2 = 24 seashells. Altogether, she found 12 + 24 = 36 seashells.
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Question and answer: Nala found 5 seashells at the beach. The next day, she found another 7, and the following day, she found twice the number she got from the first two days. How many seashells does Nala have?
The answer is 36

Step-by-step reasoning process: The movie that is being replayed 6 times takes 1.5 x 6 = 9 hours. The advertisements before the start of the movie take 20 x 6 = 120 minutes in all. One hundred twenty minutes is equal to 120 / 60 = 2 hours. Thus, the movie theater operates for 9 + 2 = 11 hours each day.
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Question and answer: A movie that's 1.5 hours long is being replayed 6 times in one movie theater each day. There is a 20-minute advertisement before the start of the movie. How long, in hours, does the movie theater operate each day?
The answer is 11

Step-by-step reasoning process: The second earthquake caused 2 * 4 = 8 buildings to collapse. The third earthquake caused 2 * 8 = 16 buildings to collapse. The fourth earthquake caused 16 * 2 = 32 buildings to collapse. Including the first earthquake, the earthquakes caused 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 60 buildings to collapse.
The question and answer:
Question and answer:
An earthquake caused four buildings to collapse. Experts predicted that each following earthquake would have double the number of collapsing buildings as the previous one, since each one would make the foundations less stable. After three more earthquakes, how many buildings had collapsed including those from the first earthquake?
The answer is 60