Question

30) Each year the local country club sponsors a tennis tournament. Play starts with 128participants. During each round, half of the players are eliminated, y = 128(.50)* represents thenumber of players left after x rounds. How many players will be left by the 5th round?

Answer 1

Given:

`y=128(0.50)^x`

y represents the number of players left after x rounds.

Required:

We need to find the number of players who will be left after5 rounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

Substitute x =5 in the equation to find the number of players who will be left after5 rounds.

`y=128(0.50)^5`

`y=4`

Final answer:

4 players will be left after the 5th round.