conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I need help with this problem:
  Jerry bought 48 firecrackers for the 4th of July. A police officer discovered and confiscated 12 of them. 1/6 of the remaining ones were defective. If Jerry set off half the good firecrackers, how many firecrackers did he set off?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: First subtract the 12 confiscated firecrackers from the original number: 48 firecrackers - 12 firecrackers = 36 firecrackers
  Then multiply this number by 1/6 to find how many were defective: 36 firecrackers * 1/6 = 6 firecrackers
  Then subtract the defective firecrackers to find how many were good: 36 firecrackers - 6 firecrackers = 30 firecrackers
  Then divide this number in half to find how many firecrackers Jerry set off: 30 firecrackers / 2 = 15 firecrackers