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5 students receive the same text message at 9 a.m. each of them sent the message to five more students at 10 a.m. each of those students sent the message to five more student at 11 a.m. if the pattern continues at what time will 15625 students receive the message explain how you know

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Answer:

The at which 15625 students received the message is "2 pm".

Explanation:

At 9 a.m 5 students received messages

At 10 a.m these five students sends message to another 25 students (5 each).

At 11 a.m these 25 students sends message to another 125 students (5*25)

In this pattern ,15625 students gets messages at 2 p.m .

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