Answer this question:The tripodasaurus has three legs. In a flock of tripodasauruses, there is a total of 20 heads and legs. How many tripodasauruses are in the flock?
Each animal has 1 + 3 = 4 total heads and legs. Then there are 20 / 4 = 5 in the flock.
The answer is 5.

Answer this question:Bill needs to soak his clothes for 4 minutes to get rid of each grass stain and 7 additional minutes to get rid of each marinara stain. If his clothes have 3 grass stains and 1 marinara stain, how long does he need to soak them?
First find the total soaking time to get rid of the grass stains: 4 minutes / stain * 3 stains = 12 minutes. Then add the soak time for the marinara to find the total soak time: 12 minutes + 7 minutes = 19 minutes.
The answer is 19.

Answer this question:The kindergartners each need to bring one mini tissue box to class for the school year. There are three kindergartner groups with 9, 10, and 11 students respectively. Each mini tissue box contains 40 tissues. How many tissues do the kindergartner groups bring together?
There are a total of 9 + 10 + 11 = 30 kindergartners. Altogether, they bring a total of 30 x 40 = 1200 tissues.
The answer is 1200.

Answer this question:James has 7 more than 4 times the number of Oreos Jordan has. If there are 52 Oreos total, how many does James have?

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 x be the number of Oreos Jordan has. James has 7 + 4x Oreos. Total: 7 + 4x + x = 52. 5x + 7 = 52. 5x = 45. x = 9. James has 7 + 4(9) = 43 Oreos.
The answer is 43.