Q: Carla spends 10 minutes sharpening her knife and 3 times that amount of time peeling vegetables. How much time does she spend on these activities total?
A: First find the total time Carla spends peeling vegetables: 10 minutes * 3 = 30 minutes. Then add the time she spent sharpening her knife: 30 minutes + 10 minutes = 40 minutes. The answer is 40.

Q: Tom originally was only able to lift 80 kg farmer handles per hand. After some training, he was able to double this number. He then decided to specialize and was able to get an extra 10%. How much weight can he hold in total?
A: After doubling he was able to hold 80 * 2 = 160 kg per hand. Specialization gave him another 160 * .1 = 16 kg. So he lifted 160 + 16 = 176 kg per hand. That means he lifted a total of 352 kg. The answer is 352.

Q: Denmark wants to order pizza. For toppings, he has 3 cheese, 4 meat and 5 vegetable options, one of which is peppers. He can have only one selection from each topping category (one cheese, one meat and one vegetable). However, if he chooses to have pepperoni, he cannot have peppers. How many topping combinations does he have total?
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Permutate the ingredients. 3 cheeses * 4 meats * 5 vegetables = 60 choice. However, we must take out the combinations that could have pepperoni and peppers, 1 cheese + 1 meat * + 1 vegetable = 3 bad choices. 60 - 3 = 57 choices. The answer is 57.