We have a question: James buys 5 packs of sodas that are 12 sodas each. He had 10 sodas already. He finishes all the sodas in 1 week. How many sodas does he drink a day?
And an answer: 10
So how you got the answer?
He bought 5 * 12 = 60 sodas. So he had 60 + 10 = 70 sodas. So he drank 70 / 7 = 10 sodas per day.

We have a question: A box of rainbow nerds contains 10 purple candies, 4 more yellow candies, and 2 fewer green candies than yellow candies. How many rainbow nerds are there in the box?
And an answer: 36
So how you got the answer?
There are 10 + 4 = 14 yellow candies. There are 14 - 2 = 12 green candies. There are 10 + 14 + 12 = 36 rainbow nerds candies in the box.

We have a question: Coleen loved sprinkles. At the beginning of the day, she had twelve cans of sprinkles. After applying sprinkles to her hair, her clothing and her pets, she had 3 less than half as many cans of sprinkles as she started out with. How many cans of sprinkles remained?
And an answer: 3
So how you got the answer?

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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Half of twelve cans of sprinkles is 12 / 2 = 6 cans. Three less than half as many cans of sprinkles is 6 - 3 = 3 cans of sprinkles.