Sharon called 3 friends on Friday. On Saturday, each of those 3 friends called 3 different friends. On Sunday, each person who w

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Sharon called 3 friends on Friday. On Saturday, each of those 3 friends called 3 different friends. On Sunday, each person who w

as called on Saturday called 3 different people.
How many friends were called on Sunday?

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erma4kov [3.2K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-11T16:32:37+03:00

3 were called on Friday.
Then the each of the 3 called 3 others which all equals to 9, since 3*3 is 9.
Now, each of the 9 called 3 others on Sunday which altogether equals 27, since 9*3 is 27. Therefore, the answer is 27.

Every time the word each is used in a math problem, that would mean that you need to multiply something. And that's what happened here