Answer the following question.
Tapanga and Corey have 66 candies together. However, Tapanga has 8 more candies than Corey. How many candies does Corey have?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Let x = the total number of candies Corey has. x + 8 = the total number of candies Tapanga has. The equation for the total number of candies is x + (x + 8) = 66. Combining like terms, we get 2x + 8 = 66. Subtracting 8 from both sides, we get 2x = 58. Dividing both sides by 2, we get x = 29, so Corey has 29 candies.
The answer is 29.

Answer the following question.
Marie, the confectioner, makes 12 chocolate eggs, each weighing 10 ounces. She then packs an equal number of the eggs in 4 different gift boxes. Unfortunately, she leaves one of the boxes by the kitchen window and the afternoon sun melts everything. She tosses that box out. What is the total weight, in ounces, of the remaining chocolate eggs?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Each gift box has 12 / 4 = 3 chocolate are 12 - 3 = 9 chocolate eggs left. The remaining chocolate eggs therefore weigh 9 * 10 = 90 ounces.
The answer is 90.

Answer the following question.
James has 20 pairs of red socks and half as many black socks. He has twice as many white socks as red and black combined. How many total socks does he have combined?
Step-by-step reasoning process: He has 20 / 2 = 10 black socks. So he has 20 + 10 = 30 black and red socks. So he has 30 * 2 = 60 white socks. So he has 60 + 30 = 90 total socks.
The answer is 90.

Answer the following question.
The number of coronavirus cases in a certain country was 300 infections per day during the first wave. However, the number of cases increased by four times more per day as a new coronavirus variant started infecting people in a second wave. What was the total number of infections during the second wave in 2 weeks?
Step-by-step reasoning process: When the number of cases increased by four times more per day during the second wave, there were 4 * 300 = 1200 more infections per day than during the first wave. The total number of infections during the second wave per day was 1200 + 300 = 1500. For two weeks with 14 days, the number of me infections was 14 * 1500 = 21000.
The answer is 21000.