In a Chinese game show, 50% of the players are eliminated each day. If the show starts with 1,000 players, to the nearest integer, how many players will be present at the end of the 8th day of play

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anonymous · Answer

okay so 1,000 people divided by half each day for 8 days =
1. 500
2. 250
3. 175
4. 87.5
5. 43.75
6. 21.875
7. 10.9
8. 5.45 
:D ;D

anonymous · Answer

haha thanks but thats not it, :(

parthkohli · Answer

Lol becky you can use continuous compounding :P

anonymous · Answer

Parth don't answer this one

parthkohli · Answer

$\Large \color{Black}{\Rightarrow 1000(1 - 0.5)^8 }$

anonymous · Answer

and yeah @stephanizer I screwed up at #3 my bad

parthkohli · Answer

Half of 250 is 125 lol

anonymous · Answer

duh -__-

anonymous · Answer

so 4?

anonymous · Answer

yeah :)

parthkohli · Answer

I see that it'd be 4 rounded to the nearest.

anonymous · Answer

thanks !(: