he NCAA basketball tournament begins with 64 teams and consists of 6 rounds of play. The winners of the first round play against each other in the second round. The winners then move from the Sweet Sixteen to the Elite Eight to the Final Four and finally to the Championship Game.

How does an exponential function describe tournament play?

but needs to include

- an explanation of how you could use y=2x to determine the number of rounds for 128 teams, and
- an explanation of an inappropriate number of teams for tournament play with an explanation of why this number

Question

he NCAA basketball tournament begins with 64 teams and consists of 6 rounds of play.  The winners of the first round play against each other in the second round.  The winners then move from the Sweet Sixteen to the Elite Eight to the Final Four and finally to the Championship Game.

How does an exponential function describe tournament play?

but needs to include

- an explanation of how you could use y=2x to determine the number of rounds for 128 teams, and
- an explanation of an inappropriate number of teams for tournament play with an explanation of why this number