its just the form of counting and not necessarily the different number
If Nick starts with 20, we can just plug it into p/2 - 12 to get 10-12 or -2. This means Nick did not get 20 cards. Now we have answered both. Two-liner!
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
ANSWER
The restrictions are

EXPLANATION
We were given the rational function,

The function is defined for all values of a, except

This has become a quadratic trinomial, so we need to split the middle term.
We do that by multiplying the coefficient of
which is 5 by the constant term which is 3. This gives us 15.
The factors of 15 that adds up to 16 are 1 and 15.
We use these factors to split the middle term.

We now factor to get,

We factor further to get,

This implies that,

This gives

These are the restrictions.
Set up a proportion that looks like 5/12 = 13/x with X being the actual distance between the cities if they are 13 inches apart on the map.
Then cross-multiply to get 5x = 156. Divide by 5 to isolate the X and get X = 31.2
The cities are a distance of 31.2 miles apart.
I'm guessing your question cut off where you put to the nearest... and you mean to round to the nearest whole number in which case your answer would be just 31 miles apart.