Hadley's softball team has a phone tree in case a game is canceled. The coach calls 3 players. Then each of those players calls 3 players, and so on. How many players will be notified during the third round of calls? Please help answer
Does the coach count as one round? If so, the nth round has 3^n calls.
If not, then the nth round has 3*3^n calls
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Asking for third round only. Answer is 27. Those 3 players called 3 other individual players.
Updated: Asking for third round only. Answer is 27. Coached called 3 players. Those 3 players called 3 other individual players, and then those 9 players called 3 other individual players. 3^3=27
To find the number of players notified during the third round of calls, we need to determine the pattern of how many players are called in each round.
In the first round, the coach calls 3 players.
In the second round, each of those 3 players calls 3 more players. So in total, 3 players x 3 calls = 9 players are called.
Now, to determine the number of players called in the third round, we need to multiply the number of players called in the second round (9 players) by 3, since each of those 9 players will call 3 more players.
9 players x 3 calls = 27 players.
Therefore, during the third round of calls, a total of 27 players will be notified.