[Question]John has to pay taxes. He earned $100,000 for the year. He has $30,000 in deductions. The first $20,000 of taxable income is taxed at 10%. The rest is taxed at 20%. How much does he pay in taxes?
[Answer]His taxable income is 100,000 - 30,000 = $70,000. So he pays 20,000 * .1 = $2000 tax at the lower rate. He has to pay 70,000 - 20,000 = $50,000 at the higher rate. The taxes for that is 50,000 * .2 = $10,000. So his total tax bill is 10,000 + 2,000 = $12,000. The answer is 12000.
Q: For the school play, 40 rows of chairs were set up where there were 20 chairs in each row. If only 10 seats were not occupied, how many seats were taken?
A: The school prepared 40 x 20 = 800 chairs. So, 800 - 10 = 790 chairs were taken. The answer is 790.
Question: Don can paint 3 tiles a minute, Ken can paint 2 more tiles a minute than Don and Laura can paint twice as many tiles as Ken. Kim can paint 3 fewer tiles than Laura can in a minute. How many tiles can Don, Ken, Laura and Kim paint in 15 minutes?
Answer: Ken paints 3 tiles / minute + 2 tiles / minute = 5 tiles / minute. Laura can paint 5 tiles / minute x 2 = 10 tiles / minute. Kim can paint 10 tiles / minute - 3 tiles / minute = 7 tiles / minute. All 4 can paint 3 tiles / minute + 5 tiles / minute + 10 tiles / minute + 7 tiles / minute = 25 tiles / minute. In 15 minutes, they can paint 15 minutes x 25 tiles / minute = 375 tiles. The answer is 375.
[Question]Zoe ate a snack of 12 strawberries and 6 ounces of yogurt. If strawberries have 4 calories each and yogurt has 17 calories per ounce, how many calories did Zoe eat?
[Answer]Zoe ate 12 strawberries x 4 calories each = 48 calories. Zoe ate 6 ounces of yogurt x 17 calories per ounce = 102 calories. Zoe at a total of 48 calories + 102 calories = 150 calories. The answer is 150.
Q: Theresa has 5 more than thrice as many video games as Julia. Julia has a third as many video games as Tory. If Tory has 6 video games, how many video games does Theresa have?
A: Julia has 1 / 3 * 6 = 2 video games. Theresa has 3 * 2 + 5 = 11 video games. The answer is 11.
Question: Justin can run 2 blocks in 1.5 minutes. If he is 8 blocks from home, in how many minutes can he run home?
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There are 8 / 2 = 4 sets of two blocks that Justin can run. Thus, he can run home for 4 x 1.5 = 6 minutes. The answer is 6.