With the chain of thought method, we provide ChatGPT with an example problem and its solution (with reasoning). We then ask it to solve our similar problem.
Often ChatGPT can struggle with complex problems of mathematics and arithmetic. With chain of thought method, it will understand how the example problem was solved, and then use the same chain of thought to solve follow up questions.
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Q: Andy has $150. He will spend $50 on a train ticket, and $23 on lunch. He then needs to give half of his remaining money to a friend. How much money will Andy have at the end?
A: Andy had $150. He spent $50 on a train ticket.
$150 - $50 = $100
Andy spend $23 on lunch.
$100 - $23 = $77
He then gave away half of his remaining money.
$77 ÷ 2 = $38.50 $77 - $38.50 = $38.50
Andy has $38.50 remaining.
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