Answer this question:Mariel is a dog walker. While walking her pack of dogs, she gets tangled up in the leashes of another dog walker and their 3 dogs. There are 36 legs tangled up in leashes. How many dogs is Mariel walking?
There are 2 dog walkers and they each have 2 legs so that's 2 * 2 = 4 legs. The other dog walker is walking 3 dogs that each have 4 legs so that's 3 * 4 = 12 legs. The dog walkers have 4 legs and the other dogs have 12 legs for a total of 4 + 12 = 16 legs. There are 36 legs total and 16 belong to the dog walkers and 3 dogs so that leaves 36 - 16 = 20 legs. Dogs have 4 legs and there are 20 legs so Mariel is walking 20 / 4 = 5 dogs.
The answer is 5.

Answer this question:Chance boarded a plane departing from London to New York at 6:00 a.m. ET on Monday. He arrived in New York 18 hours later. If he took another plane flying to Cape town the day he arrived in New York and arrived in Cape town at 10:00 a.m ET on Tuesday, calculate the number of hours his flight took from New York to cape town.
Eighteen hours later, after departing from London, Chance arrived in New York at 6:00 + 18 hours = 00:00 on Tuesday. If he arrived in cape town at 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, his flight took 10:00 - 00:00 = 10 hours.
The answer is 10.

Answer this question:The teacher brings in 14 mini-cupcakes and 12 donut holes for the class. There are 13 students in the class. If each student gets the exact same amount, how many desserts does each student get?
There are 26 total desserts because 14 plus 12 equals 26. Each student gets 2 desserts because 26 divided by 13 equals 2.
The answer is 2.

Answer this question:Jerry is sweeping up pieces of broken glass in the parking lot. He sweeps up 20 amber pieces, 35 green pieces, and some clear pieces. If the green pieces are 25% of the total glass he sweeps up, how many pieces were clear?

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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First find the total number of glass pieces Jerry sweeps up: 35 green pieces / .25 = 140 pieces. Then subtract the number of pieces of other colors: 140 pieces - 20 pieces - 35 pieces = 85 pieces.
The answer is 85.