Question

Michelle has a party and invited 3 friends. Each friend invites 3 other friends. Each of these friends invites 3 more friends. Finally, each of these friends invites 3 more friends. Each guest at the party brings gifts, with 3 bows on each gift. How many bows does Michelle get at the party?
A 18
B 729
C 216
D 81

Answer 1

start with 3 friends and each invited 3 friends, how many people is this so far?

Answer 2

12 ?

Answer 3

Yes, and each of these invited 3 friends, now how many do we have?

Answer 4

23 ?

Answer 5

27?

Answer 6

ohhh im dumb

Answer 7

Now each of these invite 3 friends, so we have how many in total?

Answer 8

each 39 invites 3 ?

Answer 9

sorry im not good at math...

Answer 10

3 friends invite 9 friends invite 27 friends ...

The 27 invite 3 friends??

Answer 11

81?

Answer 12

And now we have

3+9+27+81 and allow of these presents have 3 bows ...