Fan Creates STAR WARS Math Question and J.J. Abrams Answers It

Humor Star Wars by Joey Paur

A 13-year-old by the name of Cody was recently given an assignment for school to write an algebraic expression into a word problem. He used all of his Star Wars fandom and knowledge to write a word problem that is flooded with Star Wars references. The coolest thing about it is that J.J. Abrams saw it, solved the problem, and sent it to Cody with a question of his own. I think what impresses me the most is that the kid really knows his Shadows of the Empire characters. Here's the math problem:

J.J. Abrams is making Star Wars Episode 7. He rented three speeder bikes which was 700 imperial credits to start. He must pay 100 imperial credits to keep his speeder bikes daily. If he does not pay daily, Prince Xizor and other Black Sun members will kidnap J. J. Abrams, bring him to Mustafar, and sacrifice him.

J. J. Abrams is also paying 5 bounty hunters to keep separatist spies out. That costs 200 imperial credits to start, then 50 imperial credits for each bounty hunter every time they capture a spy. The Separatists send 2 spies every day.

In how many days does J. J. Abrams spend the same amount of imperial credits on speeders and bounty hunters?

Below, you'll find Abrams' response. It was seriously so cool of the director to do something like this. It shows that the guy really loves what he's doing and that he cares about the fans.

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