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question:Tina is working on her homework when she realizes she's having a hard time typing out her answers on her laptop because a lot of the keys are sticky. She is trying to get her homework done before dinner, though, so she needs to decide if she has time to clean her keyboard first. Tina knows her assignment will only take 20 minutes to complete. Dinner will be ready at 5:30 p.m. Tina decides to time how long it takes to remove and clean one key and will then multiply that time by how many keys she needs to fix. She counts 30 keys that are sticky and times it to take 7 minutes to clean one. After Tina has cleaned one key, there are 29 left to clean. Additionally, she'll need to wait 10 minutes for each key to dry before they can be used again. Tina also plans to take breaks between cleaning keys, and for every 5 keys she cleans, she takes a 3minute break. How many minutes total will it take for Tina to both clean the remaining keys, wait for them to dry, take planned breaks, and finish her assignment?

answer:First, let's calculate the time it will take for Tina to clean the remaining 29 keys. Since it takes 7 minutes to clean one key, the time to clean 29 keys would be: 29 keys * 7 minutes/key = 203 minutes Next, we need to calculate the total drying time. Since each key needs 10 minutes to dry and she has 30 keys in total (including the one she already cleaned), the drying time would be: 30 keys * 10 minutes/key = 300 minutes Now, let's calculate the total break time. Tina takes a break after every 5 keys cleaned. Since she has 30 keys, she will take a break 6 times (30 keys / 5 keys per break). The total break time would be: 6 breaks * 3 minutes/break = 18 minutes Finally, we add the time it will take for Tina to complete her assignment: 20 minutes Adding all these times together gives us the total time Tina will spend: Cleaning time + Drying time + Break time + Assignment time 203 minutes + 300 minutes + 18 minutes + 20 minutes = 541 minutes Therefore, it will take Tina a total of boxed{541} minutes to clean the remaining keys, wait for them to dry, take planned breaks, and finish her assignment.

question:Given a sequence {a_n} where a_1=2 and a_{n+1} = frac{2a_n}{a_n + 2}, find the general formula for a_n.

answer:Since a_{n+1} = frac{2a_n}{a_n + 2}, we have frac{1}{a_{n+1}} = frac{1}{a_n} + frac{1}{2}, which implies frac{1}{a_{n+1}} - frac{1}{a_n} = frac{1}{2}. Therefore, left{frac{1}{a_n}right} forms an arithmetic sequence with the first term frac{1}{2} and common difference frac{1}{2}. Thus, frac{1}{a_n} = frac{1}{2} + (n-1) times frac{1}{2} = frac{n}{2}. Hence, a_n = frac{2}{n}. So, the answer is: boxed{frac{2}{n}}. By transforming the recursive relation through taking the reciprocal, and according to the definition of an arithmetic sequence, we find that left{frac{1}{a_n}right} is an arithmetic sequence. Using the general formula for an arithmetic sequence, we find frac{1}{a_n}, and further derive a_n. This problem tests the ability to construct a new sequence to find the general term and the general formula of an arithmetic sequence.

question:the game Kayles, there is a line of bowling pins, and two players take turns knocking over one pin or two adjacent pins. The player who makes the last move (by knocking over the last pin) wins. Show that the first player can always win no matter what the second player does. (Two pins are adjacent if they are next to each other in the original lineup. Two pins do not become adjacent if the pins between them are knocked over.)

answer:To show that the first player can always win in the game of Kayles, we will consider two cases based on the parity (odd or even) of the number of pins. The strategy involves mirroring the moves of the second player after the first player's initial move. Let's detail the steps: 1. **Case 1: Odd number of pins** - Suppose the total number of pins, ( n ), is odd. - The first player knocks over the middle pin. The position of the middle pin is given by ( leftlceil frac{n}{2} rightrceil ). For example, if there are 5 pins (which is odd): [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] The first player knocks over the 3rd pin: [ 1 2 _ 4 5 ] 2. **Case 2: Even number of pins** - Suppose the total number of pins, ( n ), is even. - The first player knocks over the two middle pins. The positions of the two middle pins are ( frac{n}{2} ) and ( frac{n}{2} + 1 ). For example, if there are 6 pins (which is even): [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] The first player knocks over the 3rd and 4th pins: [ 1 2 _ _ 5 6 ] 3. **Mirroring strategy** - After the first player's initial move, the remaining pins will be in two symmetrical sections (left and right). - The strategy for the first player is now to mirror the moves of the second player. If the second player knocks over a pin or two adjacent pins on one side, the first player makes a move that exactly mirrors it on the other side. This strategy works because it ensures that the first player always has a move until the very end. The symmetrical removal of pins guarantees that the first player can always respond to any move made by the second player by making a corresponding move on the mirrored side. - For instance, if after the first player's initial move, the second player knocks over pin 1 on the left section, then the first player knocks over the corresponding pin in the mirrored position (which is the last pin on the right section). By maintaining this mirroring strategy, the first player forces the second player to make the last move in each symmetrical section. Since the game ends when the last pin(s) are knocked over, the second player is forced to knock over pins in the final move and thus loses. # Conclusion: The strategy of removing the middle pin(s) initially and then mirroring the second player's moves guarantees the first player always has a winning strategy. [ boxed{text{The first player can always win.}} ]

question:triangle triangle ABC, if |2sin A1|+|frac{sqrt{2}}{2}cos B|=0, then angle C=______.

answer:Given that in triangle triangle ABC, we have the equation |2sin A-1|+|frac{sqrt{2}}{2}-cos B|=0. Let's solve this step by step: 1. Since the sum of two absolute values equals zero, it implies that each absolute value must be zero individually. Therefore, we have: - |2sin A-1|=0 - |frac{sqrt{2}}{2}-cos B|=0 2. Solving each equation separately: - For |2sin A-1|=0, we get 2sin A-1=0 Rightarrow sin A=frac{1}{2}. - For |frac{sqrt{2}}{2}-cos B|=0, we get frac{sqrt{2}}{2}-cos B=0 Rightarrow cos B=frac{sqrt{2}}{2}. 3. From sin A=frac{1}{2}, we can determine that angle A=30^{circ}, because sin 30^{circ}=frac{1}{2}. 4. From cos B=frac{sqrt{2}}{2}, we can determine that angle B=45^{circ}, because cos 45^{circ}=frac{sqrt{2}}{2}. 5. Knowing that the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180^{circ}, we can find angle C as follows: [ angle C = 180^{circ} - angle A - angle B = 180^{circ} - 30^{circ} - 45^{circ} = 105^{circ} ] Therefore, the value of angle C in triangle triangle ABC is boxed{105^{circ}}.

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