A group of science students went on a field trip. They took 9 vans and 10 buses. There were 8 people in each van and 27 people on each bus. How many people went on the field trip?
The vans held 9 vans * 8 people = <<9*8=72>>72 people.
The buses held 10 buses * 27 people = <<10*27=270>>270 people.
The total number of people on the field trip is 72 + 270 = <<72+270=342>>342 people.
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You are solving math problems. Here are some examples of how to solve the task:

Enid and Aaron are knitting clothes for their store. Aaron makes 10 scarves and 5 sweaters, and Enid makes 8 sweaters. If a scarf uses 3 balls of wool and a sweater uses 4 balls of wool, how many balls of wool did Enid and Aaron use in total?Aaron used 10 scarves * 3 balls of wool = <<10*3=30>>30 balls of wool to make his scarves.
He also used 5 sweaters * 4 balls of wool = <<5*4=20>>20 balls of wool to make his sweaters.
Enid used 8 sweaters * 4 balls of wool = <<8*4=32>>32 balls of wool to make her sweaters.
So in total, Aaron used 30 + 20 + 32 = <<30+20+32=82>>82 balls of wool.
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Claire has 400 flowers in her garden. One hundred twenty are tulips, and the rest are roses. Eighty of the roses are white, while the rest are red. Each red rose is worth $0.75. How much will Claire earn if she can sell 1/2 of the total number of red roses?Claire has 400 - 120 = <<400-120=280>>280 roses in her garden.
Thus, she has 280 - 80 = <<280-80=200>>200 red roses.
One-half of the red roses is equal to 1/2 x 200 = <<1/2*200=100>>100.
Therefore, Claire will earn $0.75 x 100 = $75 if she can sell 1/2 of the total number of red roses.
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Now, solve this next question in the style of the above examples:

A group of science students went on a field trip. They took 9 vans and 10 buses. There were 8 people in each van and 27 people on each bus. How many people went on the field trip?

### Response:
The vans held 9 vans * 8 people = <<9*8=72>>72 people.
The buses held 10 buses * 27 people = <<10*27=270>>270 people.
The total number of people on the field trip is 72 + 270 = <<72+270=342>>342 people.
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