Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

haha thanks but thats not it, :(

Answer 3

Lol becky you can use continuous compounding :P

Answer 4

Parth don't answer this one

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

Half of 250 is 125 lol

Answer 8

duh -__-

Answer 9

so 4?

Answer 10

yeah :)

Answer 11

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

Answer 12

thanks !(: