A large corporation uses a telephone chain to notify employees of company closings due to bad weather. The plant manager calls 5 people in the first round of the telephone chain. Each of those people calls 5 other people in the second round of the telephone chain. If the pattern continues, how many employees are called in the 4th round of the telephone chain?
a. 125
b. 126
c. 625
d. 626

Question

A large corporation uses a telephone chain to notify employees of company closings due to bad weather. The plant manager calls 5 people in the first round of the telephone chain. Each of those people calls 5 other people in the second round of the telephone chain. If the pattern continues, how many employees are called in the 4th round of the telephone chain?
a. 125
b. 126
c. 625
d. 626