prompt: Several birds were sitting in the branches of a crape myrtle tree.  There were three times more cardinals than bluebirds, but half as many swallows as bluebirds. If there were 2 swallows, what is the total number of birds in the crape myrtle tree?
messages.content: Several birds were sitting in the branches of a crape myrtle tree.  There were three times more cardinals than bluebirds, but half as many swallows as bluebirds. If there were 2 swallows, what is the total number of birds in the crape myrtle tree?
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messages.content: With half as many swallows as bluebirds, there are 2*2=<<2*2=4>>4 bluebirds.
  With three times more cardinals than bluebirds, there are 3*4=<<3*4=12>>12 cardinals,
  If there were 2 swallows, then the total number of birds in the crape myrtle tree is 2+4+12=<<2+4+12=18>>18 birds.
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