There are 8 boys on a bus. Each boy has 8 backpacks. In each backpack, there are 8 big dogs. For every big dog there are 8 little dogs.
How many legs are there in the bus?
Boys = 8 * 2
Big dogs = 8 * 8 * 4
Little dogs = 8 * 8 * 8 * 4
That's a lot of dogs for a backpack.
To find out the total number of legs on the bus, we need to calculate the number of legs for each component and then add them together.
First, let's start with the boys. Since each boy has 2 legs, we can multiply the number of boys by 2 to get the total number of legs from the boys. In this case, there are 8 boys, so the total number of legs from the boys would be 8 * 2 = 16 legs.
Next, let's consider the big dogs. Each big dog also has 4 legs. Since each boy has 8 backpacks and each backpack contains 8 big dogs, the total number of big dogs on the bus would be 8 boys * 8 backpacks * 8 big dogs = 512 big dogs. Therefore, the total number of legs from the big dogs would be 512 big dogs * 4 legs per big dog = 2048 legs.
Finally, for every big dog, there are 8 little dogs. So, the total number of little dogs would be 512 big dogs * 8 little dogs per big dog = 4096 little dogs. Since each little dog has 4 legs as well, the total number of legs from the little dogs would be 4096 little dogs * 4 legs per little dog = 16,384 legs.
To get the total number of legs on the bus, we add up the number of legs from the boys, big dogs, and little dogs. Therefore, the total number of legs on the bus would be 16 legs (from the boys) + 2048 legs (from the big dogs) + 16,384 legs (from the little dogs) = 18,448 legs.
So, there are a total of 18,448 legs on the bus.