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question:f the number of diagonals of a regular polygon is subtracted from the number of sides of the polygon, the result is zero. What is the number of sides of this polygon?
answer:Let n be the number of sides of the polygon. The number of diagonals of a polygon with n sides is given by the formula frac{n(n-3)}{2}. So, we have the equation n - frac{n(n-3)}{2} = 0. Simplifying, we get n = frac{n(n-3)}{2}. Multiplying both sides by 2, we have 2n = n(n-3). Expanding, we get 2n = n^2 - 3n. Rearranging, we have n^2 - 5n = 0. Factoring, we get n(n-5) = 0. So, either n = 0 or n - 5 = 0. Since the number of sides of a polygon cannot be 0, we have n = boxed{5}. The answer is: 5
question:f Punger purchases 60 packs of baseball cards, with each pack containing 7 cards, and he wants to store these cards in special pages that can hold 10 cards each, how many pages does he need to buy?
answer:Punger purchases 60 packs of baseball cards, with each pack containing 7 cards, so he has a total of 60 x 7 = 420 cards. He wants to store these cards in special pages that can hold 10 cards each, so he needs 420 / 10 = 42 pages. Therefore, Punger needs to buy 42 pages to store all the cards. 42 The answer is: 42
question:f Phoebe eats 1 serving of peanut butter and gives her dog 1 serving for a bedtime snack, and each jar contains 15 servings, how many jars does she need to ensure that she and her dog have enough peanut butter to last for 30 days?
answer:Phoebe eats 1 serving of peanut butter and gives her dog 1 serving, so together they need 1 + 1 = 2 servings per day. If they need 2 servings per day, then they will need 2 x 30 = 60 servings for 30 days. Since each jar contains 15 servings, Phoebe will need 60 / 15 = 4 jars of peanut butter. 4 The answer is: 4
question:James runs a TV show and there are 5 main characters and 4 minor characters. He pays the minor characters 15,000 each episode. He paid the major characters x times as much. How much does he pay per episode? If we know the answer to the above question is 285000, what is the value of unknown variable x?
answer:James pays the minor characters 15,000 each episode, so the total amount he pays them is 4 * 15,000 = 60,000. He pays the major characters x times as much as the minor characters, so he pays each major character 15,000 * x. There are 5 main characters, so the total amount he pays the main characters is 5 * (15,000 * x) = 75,000x. The total amount he pays per episode is the sum of the amount he pays the minor characters and the amount he pays the major characters: 60,000 + 75,000x. We are given that the total amount he pays per episode is 285,000, so we can write: 60,000 + 75,000x = 285,000. Simplifying the left side, we get: 75,000x + 60,000 = 285,000. Subtracting 60,000 from both sides, we get: 75,000x = 225,000. Dividing both sides by 75,000, we get: x = 3. The value of x is 3. 3 The answer is: 3