Alice and Paul have a plate with 37 cookies on it. They both eat cookies off of the plate every minute. Paul eats two cookies instead of one every third minute. Alice eats three cookies instead of one every fourth minute. How many minutes does it take them to eat all of the cookies?
Choose the correct answer.
A) 11 minutes	B) 12 minutes	C) 13 minutes	D) 14 minutes	E) 15 mintues
Alice eats 7 cookies every 4 minutes. Paul eats 4 cookies every 3 minutes. In 11 minutes, Alice eats 7*2 + 3= 
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<output>17</output>
17 cookies, and Paul eats 4*3 + 2= 
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<output>14</output>
14 cookies, for a total of  14+17= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 14+17</gadget>
<output>31</output>
31 cookies. In 12 minutes, Alice eats 7*3= 
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<output>21</output>
21 cookies, and Paul eats 4*4= 
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<output>16</output>
16 cookies, for a total of  21+16= 
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<output>37</output>
37 cookies. Thus, the answer is 12 minutes.
<result>B</result>
Alice and Paul have a plate with 37 cookies on it. They both eat cookies off of the plate every minute. Paul eats two cookies instead of one every third minute. Alice eats three cookies instead of one every fourth minute. How many minutes does it take them to eat all of the cookies?