Re: <><><><>Can ANYONE do this Math Problem, Please?<><><><>
Paul Wilkins wrote: > > Bill Risher wrote: > > > > 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. > > 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. Yes but now how do you make them actually go to your website? I didn't!
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