An apple tree produces 40 apples in its first year. The second year the apple tree produces 8 more than double the amount of apples that it produced the first year, and the third year production went down by a fourth due to an insect infestation. How many apples did the tree produce in total in the first three years?
Let's think: First Year:40 apples. Second Year:8 + 2(40) = 88 apples. Third year:88 - 88 / 4 = 66 apples. Total 40 + 88 + 66 = 194 apples.. The answer is: 194.

The coffee shop sold 8 more than four times the number of lattes as it did teas. If 6 teas were sold how many lattes did the coffee shop sell?
Let's think: Four times the number of teas sold is 4 * 6 = 24. 24 + 8 = 32 lattes were sold.. The answer is: 32.

Lex is picking apples in his apple orchard when he notices some of the apples have bruises and some have worms. He wants to save the bruised apples to make applesauce, throw the wormy apples away, and keep the unbruised apples to eat raw. By his count, a fifth of the apples have worms and nine more than one fifth are bruised. He picked 85 apples. How many apples will he have left to eat raw?
Let's think: A fifth of the apples have worms, so Lex has to throw 85 / 5 = 17 apples away. Nine more have bruises than worms, so Lex has 17 + 9 = 26 apples for applesauce. He picked 85 apples, so Lex has 85 - 26 - 17 = 42 apples left to eat raw.. The answer is: 42.

Jane is painting her fingernails. She applies a base coat that takes 2 minutes to dry, two color coats that take 3 minutes each to dry, and a clear top coat that takes 5 minutes to dry. How many minutes total does Jane spend waiting for her nail polish to dry?
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First figure out how long both color coats will take to dry: 3 minutes * 2 = 6 minutes. Then add up the time for the base coat, top coat, and color coats: 6 minutes + 2 minutes + 5 minutes = 13 minutes.. The answer is: 13.