Jenny wants to know whether bone meal or cow manure makes better fertilizer. The control plant with no fertilizer grows 36 inches high, the plant with bone meal grows to 125% of the height of the control plant, and the cow manure plant grows to 200% of the height of the bone meal plant. How tall is the cow manure plant in inches? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. First find the height of the bone meal plant: 36 inches * 125% = 45 inches. Then find the height of the cow manure plant: 45 inches * 200% = 90 inches.. The answer is: 90.

A box has 2 dozen water bottles and half a dozen more apple bottles than water bottles. How many bottles are in the box? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. Since a dozen has 12 items, the box has 2 dozen water bottles, a total of 2 * 12 = 24 water bottles. The box also has half a dozen more apple bottles than water bottles, meaning there are 1 / 2 * 12 = 6 more apple bottles than water bottles. The total number of apple bottles in the box is 24 + 6 = 30. In the box, there are a total of 30 + 24 = 54 bottles.. The answer is: 54.

To keep himself busy in class, Michael makes rubber-band balls. He makes two sizes, large and small. A small ball uses 50 rubber bands. A large ball requires 300 rubber bands. Michael brought a 5,000 pack to class and already made 22 small balls. How many large balls can he make with the remaining rubber bands? Give the rationale and then the answer.

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Let's think step by step. Michael has used 1,100 rubber bands because 22 x 50 = 1,100. Michael has 3,900 rubber bands remaining because 5,000 - 1,100 = 3,900. Michael can make 13 large balls because 3,900 / 300 = 13.. The answer is: 13.