Re: <><><><>Can ANYONE do this Math Problem, Please?<><><><>
From Scott M. Douglass <sd0...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu>
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· 18 Aug 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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In <321...@midwest.net> Bill Risher <bil...@midwest.net> writes: >Nobody In Particular wrote: >> >> //| / __ /_ __ __ / WANTS YOU AND YOUR CREATIVITY >> // | / / ) / ) / ) / / / / Social Computing 4-U*By-U*About-U >> // | / (__/ (__/ (__/ (__/ (__/ It's FREE! A way to fund the arts, >> // | / ___In Particular___ / Charity & YOU! Magazine & Tape Club >> // |/________________________/ <http://www.mind.net/nobody> >> >> 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? >-- > _ _ _ _ _ ____ ____ _ __ ____ ___ bil...@midwest.net >| | | | |_| |_ _|__ | | / /|_ _| \ Of all the things I've >| | | | ._. |_||_ ,',' ==| < _||_| |) ) ever lost, I miss my > \_,_/|_| |_|____|____| |_\_\|____|___/ mind the most. 0: 1=1 3^0 1: 1+2=3 3^1 2: 3+6=9 3^2 3: 9+18=27 3^3 ... ... 20: 3^20 = 3486784401 OR 0: 1 Total=1 = 2^1 - 1 1: 2 =3 = 2^2 - 1 2: 4 =7 = 2^3 - 1 3: 8 =15 = 2^4 - 1 4: 16 =31 = 2^5 - 1 ... ... = ... 20:... ... = 2^21 - 1 = 2097151 Here's the anwer(s) ... the first way is each turn each person who knows tells 2 other people, and the second is when only new people tell 2 other people (so that each person only tells 2 people). Enjoy! Scott -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott M. Douglass -- (a.k.a. lost.boy) email (among others): sd0...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu HomePage: http://www.cif.rochester.edu/users/eeyore/
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