In a week, Rayman works out for half the number of hours Junior takes to work out. Wolverine, their friend, works out for twice the combined total number of hours both Rayman and Junior take during their workouts. Calculate the number of hours Wolverine takes doing her workouts if Rayman does workouts for 10 hours in a week.
Let's think: If Rayman takes 10 hours doing his workouts, half the number of hours junior takes, then Junior takes 2 * 10 = 20 hours to do his workouts in a week. Altogether, Junior and Rayman take 20 + 10 = 30 hours doing their workouts in a week. Wolverine takes 2 * 30 = 60 hours to do her workouts in a week, twice the total number of hours Rayman and Junior takes.. The answer is: 60.

Elizabeth wants to buy the steak knives from a bridal registry as a wedding gift. The couple registered for 2 steak knife sets and each set contains 4 steak knives. If Elizabeth buys both sets and they cost $80.00 per set, how much does each single steak knife cost?
Let's think: Each steak knife set has 4 steak knives and Elizabeth bought 2 sets so there are 4 * 2 = 8 steak knives in total. Each steak knife set costs $80.00 and she bought 2 sets so she spent $80 * 2 = $160.00. Both sets cost $160.00 and there are 8 knives in total so each knife costs 160 / 8 = $20.00 each.. The answer is: 20.

Stacy has 32 berries. Steve takes 4 of Stacy's berries, and still has 7 less berries than Stacy started with. How many berries did Steve start with?
Let's think: Let x be the number of berries Steve started with. x + 4 = 32 - 7. x + 4 = 25. x = 21 berries.. The answer is: 21.

A curry house sells curries that have varying levels of spice. Recently, a lot of the customers have been ordering very mild curries and the chefs have been having to throw away some wasted ingredients. To reduce cost and food wastage, the curry house starts monitoring how many ingredients are actually being used and changes their spending accordingly. The curry house needs 3 peppers for very spicy curries, 2 peppers for spicy curries, and only 1 pepper for mild curries. After adjusting their purchasing, the curry house now buys the exact amount of peppers they need. Previously, the curry house was buying enough peppers for 30 very spicy curries, 30 spicy curries, and 10 mild curries. They now buy enough peppers for 15 spicy curries and 90 mild curries. They no longer sell very spicy curries. How many fewer peppers does the curry house now buy?
Let's think:

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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The curry house previously bought 3 peppers per very spicy curry * 30 very spicy curries = 90 peppers for very spicy curries. They also bought 2 peppers per spicy curry * 30 spicy curries = 60 peppers for spicy curries. They also bought 1 pepper per mild curry * 10 mild curries = 10 peppers for mild curries. So they were previously buying 90 + 60 + 10 = 160 peppers. They now buy 2 peppers per spicy curry * 15 spicy curries = 30 peppers for spicy curries. They also now buy 1 pepper per mild curry * 90 mild curries = 90 peppers for mild curries. So they now buy 30 + 90 = 120 peppers. This is a difference of 160 peppers bought originally - 120 peppers bought now = 40 peppers.. The answer is: 40.