Question: After negotiating for the price of a phone, Karsyn bought a phone at 20% of the initial price. If the phone's initial price was $600, calculate how much she paid after negotiating.
Answer with step-by-step thinking: If the initial price was $600, after negotiating the price, Karsyn paid 20 / 100 * $600 = $120 less. The price at which she bought the phone is $600 - $120 = $480.
So the answer is 480.


Question: Stephanie is planning dinners to cook for the week and needs to figure out how much of each ingredient she should buy at the grocery store. She is making three recipes that call for lower sodium soy sauce as a main ingredient. One bottle of lower sodium soy sauce holds 16 ounces. There are 8 ounces in 1 cup. The first recipe Stephanie is going to cook calls for 2 cups of lower sodium soy sauce. The second recipe calls for 1 cup. The third recipe calls for 3 cups. If Stephanie can only buy 1 whole bottle of soy sauce no matter how much she needs exactly, how many bottles of lower sodium soy sauce should Stephanie buy to allow for all three recipes?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First, Stephanie needs to figure out how many cups of soy sauce she needs total, 2 cups + 1 cup + 3 cups = 6 cups total of lower sodium soy sauce. Then Stephanie needs to figure out how many ounces are in 6 cups of lower sodium soy sauce, 6 x 8 ounces each cup = 48 total ounces of lower sodium soy sauce. Next Stephanie needs to figure out how many bottles of soy sauce to purchase to get 48 ounces, where 1 bottle has 16 ounces, 48 / 16 = 3 bottles of lower sodium soy sauce.
So the answer is 3.


Question: Jimmy has a collection of 5 action figures. Each figure is worth $15, except for one which is worth $20. He decided to sell his collection. To do it fast he decided to sell each of them for $5 less than their value. How much will Jimmy earn if he sells all the figures?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:

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Four of the five figures are worth 4 * 15 = $60. With one more expensive figure, they are all worth 60 + 20 = $80. On all action figures, Jimmy will lose 5 * 5 = $25 if he sells them cheaper. So if Jimmy sells the figures he will get 80 - 25 = $55.
So the answer is 55.