Q: Al is 25 pounds heavier than Ben. Ben is 16 pounds lighter than Carl. If Ed weighs 146 pounds and is 38 pounds lighter than Al, find the weight of Carl.
A: Al weighs 146 + 38 = 184 pounds. Ben weighs 184 - 25 = 159 pounds. Carl weighs 159 + 16 = 175 pounds. The answer is 175.
Question: A company has 500 employees, each paid $12 per hour, working 10 hours a day, five days a week, 4 weeks a month. In August, the amount of work increased, and the company hired 200 more people. How much money does the company pay in total per month after the new hires?
Answer: The total pay per employee in a day is 12 * 10 = $120. An employee works for 5 * 4 = 20 days in a month. The total amount of money paid to each employee monthly is 20 * 120 = $2400. When the number of employees increased to 500 + 200 = 700 after the new hires in August. The company pays a total of 700 * 2400 = $1680000 per month to its employees. The answer is 1680000.
[Question]Vanessa has decided to sell some of her clothes to make pocket money, offering a standard price for each type of item. She made a total of $69 by selling 7 dresses and 4 shirts. If she managed to sell each shirt for $5, how much did the dresses sell for each?
[Answer]Let V be the cost of each dress. (7 * V) + (4 * 5) = $69. So, 7 * V + 20 = $69. 7V = $49. V = $49 / 7. V = $7. The answer is 7.
Q: A tractor trailer has a load of 50000 pounds. 10% of the weight gets unloaded at the first store, and 20% of the remaining load is removed at the second store. How much weight, in pounds, is left on the truck after the two deliveries?
A: First Store:50000(.10) = 5000. 50000 - 5000 = 45000 pounds. Second Store:45000(.20) = 9000. 45000 - 9000 = 36000 pounds. The answer is 36000.
Question: The largest frog can grow to weigh 10 times as much as the smallest frog. The largest frog weighs 120 pounds. How much more does the largest frog weigh than the smallest frog?
Answer: To find the weight of the smallest frog, 120 pounds / 10 = 12 pounds for the smallest frog. The difference is 120 - 12 = 108 pounds. The answer is 108.
Q: The price of electricity went up by 25%. John's old computer used 800 watts and his new computer uses 50% more. If the old price of electricity was 12 cents per kilowatt-hour, how much does his computer cost, in dollars, to run for 50 hours?
A:
His new computer uses 800 * .5 = 400 watts more than his old computer. So it users 800 + 400 = 1200 watts. That is 1200 / 1000 = 1.2 kw. Electricity cost 12 * .25 = 3 cents more than it used to. So it now cost 12 + 3 = 15 cents per kwh. He used 1.2 * 50 = 60 kwh. So he paid 15 * 60 = 900 cents per kwh. So he paid 900 / 100 = $9. The answer is 9.