Answer this question:Ron is part of a book club that allows each member to take a turn picking a new book every week. The club is made up of three couples and five single people along with Ron and his wife. How many times a year does Ron get to pick a new book?
There are 3 couples in the club, so there are 3 * 2 = 6 people in couples in the club. Along with the singles and Ron and his wife, there are 6 + 5 + 2 = 13 people in the book club. There are 52 weeks in a year, so Ron gets to pick a new book 52 / 13 = 4 times a year.
The answer is 4.

Answer this question:Paityn has 20 red hats and 24 blue hats. Her friend Zola has 4/5 times as many red hats as she has and twice the number of blue hats. If they combine all the hats together and share them equally between themselves, calculate the number of hats each gets.
Paityn has a total of 20 hats + 24 hats = 44 hats. The number of red hats that Zola has is 4 / 5 * 20 hats = 16 hats. Zola also has 2 * 24 hats = 48 blue hats. Zola has a total of 48 hats + 16 hats = 64 hats. When they combine their hats, they have 64 hats + 44 hats = 108 hats. If they share the hats equally, each get 108 hats / 2 people = 54 hats / person.
The answer is 54.

Answer this question:James can buy a new computer for $600 and have it last 6 years, or buy 2 used computers for $200 each that each last 3 years. How much money will he save by picking the cheaper option?
First find the cost of the two used computers: $200 / computer * 2 computers = $400. Then subtract that cost from the cost of the new computer to find the savings: $600 - $400 = $200.
The answer is 200.

Answer this question:Max can mow the lawn in 40 minutes. If it takes him twice that long to fertilize the lawn, how long will it take him to both mow and fertilize the lawn?

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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It takes Max 2 * 40 minutes = 80 minutes to fertilize the lawn. In total, Max takes 80 minutes + 40 minutes = 120 minutes to both mow and fertilize the lawn.
The answer is 120.