There are 4 puppies and 3 dogs at a camp. Each dog eats twice as much food as a puppy, but each puppy eats three times as often as a dog. If a dog eats 4 pounds of food three times a day, what would be the total amount of food the dogs and puppies eat in a day?
Eating three times a day, a dog eats 3*4=
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<output>12</output>
12 pounds of food.
Since there are 3 dogs at the camp, the total amount of food they eat is 3*12=
<gadget id="calculator">3*12</gadget>
<output>36</output>
36 pounds of food in a day.
If each dog eats twice as much food as a puppy, a puppy will eat 4/2=
<gadget id="calculator">4/2</gadget>
<output>2</output>
2 pounds of food in one meal.
Each puppy eats three times as often as a dog, and if a dog eats three times in a day, a puppy will eat 3*3= 
<gadget id="calculator">3*3</gadget>
<output>9</output>
9 times in a day.
Since a puppy eats 2 pounds of food a day, the total amount of food a puppy will eat in a day is 9*2=
<gadget id="calculator">9*2</gadget>
<output>18</output>
18 pounds of food.
Four puppies in the camp eat 18*4=
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<output>72</output>
72 pounds of food every day.
Together, the dogs and the puppies eat 72+36=
<gadget id="calculator">72+36</gadget>
<output>108</output>
108 pounds of food in a day.

<result>108</result>