conversations.from: human
conversations.value: John and his best friend Steve bought 12 cupcakes together.  Each cupcake cost $1.50. If they split the costs evenly, how much did each person pay?
  Give me a solution to this problem
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: The total cost of cupcakes was 1.5*12=$18
  So they each paid 18/2=$9