[Question]Jeremy listened to five fewer songs yesterday than today. Yesterday, he listened to nine songs. How many songs did Jeremy listen to in two days?
[Answer]Jeremy listened to 9 + 5 = 14 songs today. Thus, he listened to 9 + 14 = 23 songs in two days. The answer is 23.
Q: Adam earns $40 daily in his job. 10% of his money is deducted as taxes. How much money will Adam have earned after taxes after 30 days of work?
A: The amount of money deducted from Adam's daily pay is $40 / 10 = $4. So after deducting 10%, Adam’s daily pay is $40 – $4 = $36. This means that in 30 days he earns $36 * 30 = $1080. The answer is 1080.
Question: Four people lost a total of 103 kilograms of weight. The first person lost 27 kilograms. The second person lost 7 kilograms less than the first person. The two remaining people lost the same amount. How many kilograms did each of the last two people lose?
Answer: Second person = 27 - 7 = 20 kg. 103 - 27 - 20 = 56 kg. 56 / 2 = 28 kg. The last two people each lost 28 kilograms of weight. The answer is 28.
[Question]Andy is a lawyer who's working on two lawsuits. The first lawsuit has a 30% chance of paying out $5,000,000 upon a win and $0 if he loses it. The second lawsuit has a 50% chance of paying out $1,000,000 if Andy loses and a 50% chance of paying out $2,000,000 if he wins. Expressed as a percentage, how much more likely is it that Andy loses both lawsuits compared to winning both of them?
[Answer]First find the probability that Andy will lose the first lawsuit: 100% - 30% = 70%. Then multiply that probability by the probability he loses the second lawsuit: 70% * 50% = 35%. Then multiply the probabilities of Andy winning each lawsuit to find the probability he wins them both: 30% * 50% = 15%. Then subtract the probability Andy wins both lawsuits from the probability he loses both lawsuits to find the difference: 35% - 15% = 20%. The answer is 20.
Q: Stan weighs 5 more pounds than Steve. Steve is eight pounds lighter than Jim. If Jim weighs 110 pounds and the three of them crowd onto a scale at the same time, what is their total weight?
A: Steve weighs 110 - 8 = 102 pounds. Stan weighs 102 + 5 = 107 pounds. Their total weight is 102 + 107 + 110 = 319 pounds. The answer is 319.
Question: A man decides to try and do everything off his bucket list while he is still young and fit enough to finish it all. One of his goals was to climb the seven summits. He realizes first he has to get in shape to do it and it takes him 2 years of working out to get healthy enough to take up mountain climbing. He then spends twice that long learning how to be a technically proficient mountain climber. After that he starts with the simplest mountain on the list and climbs them all. He spends 5 months climbing each mountain. After that he takes 13 months learning to dive and dives through all the caves he wants in 2 years. How much time did it take to get through all these goals?
Answer:
He spent 2 * 2 = 4 years learning to climb. He spends 5 * 7 = 35 months climbing all 7 mountains. After a 13 month break, he starts diving so that is 35 + 13 = 48 months. That means it is 48 / 12 = 4 years. So in total it all took 2 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 12 years. The answer is 12.