First find the total revenue from the matinee tickets: $5 / ticket * 200 tickets = $1000. Then find the total revenue from the evening tickets: $12 / ticket * 300 tickets = $3600. Then find the total revenue from the 3D tickets: $20 / ticket * 100 tickets = $2000. Then add the cost of each group of tickets to find the total cost: $1000 + $3600 + $2000 = $6600.
The answer: 6600
Reverse engineering the question: The movie theater sells matinee tickets for $5, evening tickets for $12, and 3D tickets for $20. If they sell 200 matinee tickets, 300 evening tickets and 100 3D tickets, how much money do they make in total?


Reasoning and answer: The second competitor jumped one foot farther than the first competitor, for a distance of 22 + 1 = 23 feet. The third competitor jumped two feet shorter than the third competitor, for a distance of 23 - 2 = 21 feet. And the fourth competitor jumped 3 feet further than the third competitor, for a distance of 21 + 3 = 24 feet.
The answer: 24
What was the question?
Question: The long jump finals contained four national champions competing against one another. The first competitor jumped a distance of 22 feet. The second competitor jumped one foot farther than the first competitor. The third competitor jumped two feet shorter than the third competitor. And the fourth competitor jumped 3 feet further than the third competitor. How long, in feet, did the fourth competitor jump?


First find the probability Jerry gets a blue egg with 5 pieces of candy by multiplying the independent probabilities: 4 / 5 * 1 / 4 = 1 / 5 = 20%. Then find the probability he gets a purple egg with 5 pieces of candy the same way: 1 / 5 * 1 / 2 = 1 / 10 = 10%. Then add the probabilities of the two possible ways to get 5 pieces of candy to find the total probability: 20% + 10% = 30%.
The answer: 30
Reverse engineering the question: 4/5 of the Easter eggs are blue and 1/5 are purple. Half the purple eggs have five pieces of candy each, and 1/4 of the blue eggs do. The rest of the eggs only have one piece of candy. If Jerry opens one egg at random, what is the percentage chance he'll get 5 pieces of candy?


Reasoning and answer: The basketball team earned 50 x $2 = $100 from selling cupcakes. They also earned 40 x 0.5 = $20 from selling cookies. So their total earnings was $100 + $20 = $120. The two basketballs cost $40 x 2 = $80. Thus, $120 - $80 = $40 was used to buy the 20 bottles of energy drinks. Therefore, each bottle of energy drink costs $40 / 20 = $2.
The answer: 2
What was the question?
Question: The basketball team sold 50 cupcakes for $2 each and 40 cookies for $0.5 each. Then the money from their sales was used to buy two basketballs that cost $40 each. The rest of the money was used to buy 20 bottles of energy drinks. How much does a bottle of energy drink cost?


Ned has gone up 165 / 11 = 15 flights of stairs. Thus, he has 20 - 15 = 5 flights of stairs left to run up. He will spend 5 * 11 = 55 seconds running up the remaining stairs to the bomb. Therefore, he will have 72 - 55 = 17 seconds to defuse the bomb.
The answer: 17
Reverse engineering the question: Ned is an explosives specialist racing to deactivate a time bomb on the top floor of a building. The building has twenty flights of stairs to the top floor, and Ned can run up one flight of stairs in eleven seconds. The time bomb has 72 seconds left on the timer, and Ned has spent 165 seconds running up the stairs. How many seconds will Ned have to diffuse the bomb when he reaches it?


Last week, she used 15 gallons * 0.2 = 3 gallons less fuel than she used this week. This means that she used 15 gallons – 3 gallons = 12 gallons of fuel last week. In total, Mary used 15 gallons + 12 gallons = 27 gallons of fuel.
The answer: 27
Reverse engineering the question:
Mary used 15 gallons of fuel this week. Last week she used 20% less. How much fuel did she use in total for the two weeks?