The percent of decrease would be 60%
To calculate the remaining number of teams, use the sequence formula:
a(n) = a(1)Rⁿ-¹
Where a(n) and a(1) are the nth and first terms. R is the factor. Therefore, 24 teams is valid value.
After 5 rounds :
a(5) = 128*(½)⁴
a(5) = 128/16 = 8
8 teams are remained.
Answer:
B and D
Step-by-step explanation:
B:
Anything to a negative power means that it is 1/that to the positive power.
E.g. x^-1 = 1/x^1
In other words, anything to the power of a negative switches sides of a fraction (i.e. if in numerator moves to denominator and vice versa.)
1/x^-1 = 1/1/x^1 which is just equal to x, because there are x number of 1/xs in one (1/x * x =1) Therefore Option B is equal to just x.
D: (assuming the first given term is x^1/3 and not X1/3 (?) Correct me if I'm wrong).
x^1/3 * x^1/3 * x^1/3 is also equal to just x.
This is because when multiplying together terms with the same base (x in this case) the exponents just add together, so:
x^1/3 * x^1/3 * x^1/3 = x^(1/3 +1/3 +1/3) = x^1 = x.
Therefore B and D are equivalent because they both equal x.
Hope this helped!
