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  • 20-09-2020
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if a knockout tennis competition starts with 64 players how many runs will it take to reach the grand final show your steps using law of exponents​

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mhanifa
mhanifa mhanifa
  • 20-09-2020

Answer:

  • 5 runs

Step-by-step explanation:

Initial number is 64 players

Number of players reduce twice every run and will be equal to 2 to reach the grand final

  • 64*(1/2)^x = 2
  • (1/2)^x = 1/32
  • 2^-x = 2^-5
  • -x = -5
  • x = 5

Number of runs is 5

64 > 32 > 16 > 8 > 4 > 2

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