Question

4) Determine if the following situation is arithmetic or geometric. Then answer the question using the formula.Eric calls 4 people within one hour of his son's birth to pass along the news. They each pass along the news to 4 new people every hour and so on. Howmuch has the news multiplied by and how many people have heard the news in 6 hours?

Answer 1

it is a geometric situation and the formula is the following

$P(t)=4^t$

so after 6 hours we get

$P(6)=4^6=4096$