The mens NCAA basketball tournament starts today with 64 teams. After each round is played, half of the teams are left. This continues until one team is left and declared champion. This format can be represented by an exponential function, where 1

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The mens NCAA basketball tournament starts today with 64 teams. After each round is played, half of the teams are left. This continues until one team is left and declared champion. This format can be represented by an exponential function, where 1<x<6. Write the exponential equation that represents the number of teams at the end of each round of the tournament.

misty1212 · Answer

HI!!

misty1212 · Answer

you are dividing by two each time
you can write it as 
$$60\times \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^n$$

misty1212 · Answer

or 
$$\frac{64}{2^n}$$ or even 
$$64\times 2^{-n}$$

cometailcane · Answer

oh so thats the answer?

misty1212 · Answer

yeah pick one
i would go with the first one

cometailcane · Answer

thank you! seems so much harder than it actually is haha