Could you please help?

On July 5, in the area around Center Village, there was great excitement. Six different people reported to the police that they had seen Bigfoot, the large hairy creature sometimes seen but never captured. The next day, twice as many people called the police, sure they had seen the creature. Each day the police received twice as many calls as the day before. After they got a total of more than 300 calls, the police took the phone off the hook! On what day did the police receive their 300th call?

Thank you

July 5 -- 6 calls

July 6 -- 12 calls
July 7 -- 24 calls
...

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To solve this problem, we need to find the day on which the police received their 300th call. We know that each day, the number of calls doubles compared to the previous day.

Let's break down the information given:

- On July 5, six people reported seeing Bigfoot.
- On July 6, twice as many people called, so that's 2 * 6 = 12 calls.
- On July 7, the number of calls doubled from the previous day, so that's 2 * 12 = 24 calls.
- We can continue this pattern to find the number of calls on each subsequent day.

We can create a table to organize this information:

| Day | Number of Calls |
|:-------:|:---------------:|
| July 5 | 6 |
| July 6 | 12 |
| July 7 | 24 |
| July 8 | 48 |
| July 9 | 96 |
| July 10 | 192 |

Since the police took the phone off the hook after receiving more than 300 calls, we can see that the 300th call occurred on July 10. Therefore, the police received their 300th call on July 10.

I hope this explanation helps! Let me know if you have further questions.