Re: <><><><>Can ANYONE do this Math Problem, Please?<><><><>

Bill Risher wrote:
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> Nobody In Particular wrote:
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> > Here's the problem: If you tell  2 people about our  webpage,
>                                    ^-(guy 1 and 2,at point 1)
> >                     and  they each tell two  people, and they
>                                           ^-(3,4,5,6,at 2)
> >                     tell two  people, and so  on and so forth,
>                            ^-(7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,at 3)
> >                     how many people would know after 20 times?
> question: do guy 1 and 2 tell two more people at point 3? or do they
> only tell 3-6 at point 2?
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It should be 2^(n+1)-2
Then when n=1, people = 2
          n=2, people = 6
          n=3, people = 14
etc...
for 20 lots of this you'd end up with 1,048,574 people, presuming each
one tells only 2 poeple who haven't been told before.