Answer this question:A plane takes off at 6:00 a.m. and flies for 4 hours from New York City to Chicago. The plane stays at the port in Chicago for 1 hour and then departs for Miami. If the aircraft took three times as many hours to fly to Miami than it took to fly from New York to Chicago, calculate the total time to travel from New York to Miami.
Before departing for Miami from Chicago, the total time the plane had taken for the journey is 4 + 1 = 5 hours. It took 3 * 4 = 12 hours to fly to Miami. . The total flying time from New York to Miami is 12 + 5 = 17 hours.
The answer is 17.

Answer this question:Bridget counted 14 shooting stars in the night sky. Reginald counted two fewer shooting stars than did Bridget, but Sam counted four more shooting stars than did Reginald. How many more shooting stars did Sam count in the night sky than was the average number of shooting stars observed for the three of them?
Reginald counted two fewer shooting stars than did Bridget, or a total of 14 - 2 = 12 shooting stars. Sam counted 4 more shooting stars than did Reginald, or a total of 12 + 4 = 16 shooting stars. The average number of shooting stars observed for the three of them was (14 + 12 + 16) / 3 = 14 shooting stars. Thus, Sam counted 16 - 14 = 2 more shooting stars than was the average number of shooting stars observed for the three of them.
The answer is 2.

Answer this question:If the wages of 15 workers for 6 days is $9450. What would be the wages for 19 workers for 5 days?
This is equivalent to one worker working for 15 * 6 = 90 days. The pay per worker per day would be $9450 / 90 = $105. 19 workers working for 5 days is equivalent to one worker working for 19 * 5 = 95 days. It would cost $105 * 95 = $9975 to pay the workers for their time.
The answer is 9975.

Answer this question:Jacob is trying to eat less than 1800 calories a day. If he eats 400 calories for breakfast, 900 calories for lunch, and 1100 calories for dinner, how many more calories did he eat than he planned?
First add up the calories from all three meals: 900 + 400 + 1100 = 2400. Then subtract Jacob's goal from the number of calories he actually ate: 2400 - 1800 = 600.
The answer is 600.