Hadley's softball team has a phone tree in case a game is canceled. The coach calls 3 players, and so on. How many players will be notified during the third round of calls?
1 Answer
Mar 25, 2016
27 players
Explanation:
- The coach calls three people: 1x3=3
- Those three people call three more: 3x3=9
- Those nine people call three more: 9x3=27
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