Question

John's band's Facebook page has 17,000 likes. If each of his fans has friends that number 15 percent of the likes that John has, how many people can John's fan page potentially reach if all his fans share his page? (Do not include John's direct fans.)

Answer 1

Answer: Jhon's fan page can  potentially reach 43,350,000 people.

Explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to analyze the information given:

• John's band's Fan page likes: 17,000  
• Number of friends of each fan: 15% of the likes that John's band's Fan page has.

So, we have to multiply the number of likes that John's page has by 0.15 (decimal form =15 /100 = 0.15) to obtain the number of friends that each fan of the page has.

Mathematically speaking:

• 17,000 x 0.15 = 2,550 friends .

So, each fan has 2,550 friends. We simply have to multiply the result by the number of fans (17,000) to obtain the answer.

• 2,550 x 17,000 =43,350,000  people.

John’s fan page can potentially reach 43,350,000 people.

Answer 2

17,000 * 17,000 * 0.15 = 43,350,000
(Hope this helps...)