Answer this question:Joseph wants to go to Boston for a road trip. If he takes route A, it will take him 5 hours to arrive; but if he takes route B, it will only take him 2 hours to arrive at his destination. How much time will he save if he takes route B to Boston and back to his home?
He will spend 5 x 2 = 10 hours if he takes route A. Meanwhile, he will spend 2 x 2 = 4 hours if he takes route B. Therefore, Joseph can save 10 - 4 = 6 hours if he takes route B both ways.
The answer is 6.

Answer this question:Jim has a pail with rocks in it. The average weight of a rock is 1.5 pounds. A local rock collector agrees to pay him $4 for every pound of rocks. If he makes $60 off the sale, how many rocks were in the bucket?
There were 15 pounds of rocks in the bucket because 60 / 4 = 15. There were 10 rocks in the bucket because 15 / 1.5 = 10.
The answer is 10.

Answer this question:Maria is chopping up vegetables for a stew. She wants to cut up six times as many carrots as potatoes, twice as many onions as carrots, and 1/3 as many green beans as onions. If she has two potatoes, how many green beans does she need to cut?
First find how many carrots Maria needs to cut by multiplying the number of potatoes by 6: 6 * 2 = 12. Then find how many onions she needs by multiplying the number of carrots by 2: 12 * 2 = 24. Finally, divide the number of onions by 3 to find the number of green beans she needs 24 / 3 = 8.
The answer is 8.

Answer this question:Robi and Rudy contributed money to start a business that could earn them profit. Robi contributed $4000, and Rudy contributed 1/4 more money than Robi. If they made a profit of 20 percent of the total amount and decided to share the profits equally, calculate the amount of money each got.

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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If Robi contributed $4000, then Rudy contributed 1 / 4 * 4000 = $1000 more. The total amount of money Rudy contributed is $4000 + $1000 = $5000. Together, the contributed a total of $5000 + $4000 = $9000. They made a 20% profit, a total of 20 / 100 * $9000 = $1800. When they decided to share the profit equally, each received $1800 / 2 = $900.
The answer is 900.