in a certain game , a large bag is filled with blue , green , purple and red chips worth 1 , 5 , x and 11 points each , respectively . the purple chips are worth more than the green chips , but less than the red chips . a certain number of chips are then selected from the bag . if the product of the point values of the selected chips is 140800 , how many purple chips were selected ?
140800 = 1 * 5 ^ 2 * 8 ^ 3 * 11 the factors of 8 must come from the purple point value , so there are 3 purple chips . the answer is c .
subtract(5, const_2)