Day of a measles outbreak at a school, 8 students were identified to have the measles. Each day for the On the first following two weeks, the number of new cases doubled from those identified with the disease the day prior How many students are identified to have measles in all at the end of the 6th day of the outbreak

A. 386

B. 415

C. 483

D. 504

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Mathematics

Raymond Frost

1 December, 12:26

Day of a measles outbreak at a school, 8 students were identified to have the measles. Each day for the On the first following two weeks, the number of new cases doubled from those identified with the disease the day prior How many students are identified to have measles in all at the end of the 6th day of the outbreak

A. 386

B. 415

C. 483

D. 504

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Kadin Lamb · Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer should be 512, unless you have a typo in your problem.

If you are starting with 8, you just need to multiply 8 by 2 six times to get to the end of the 6th day.

You could evaluate the following equation: T = 8 (2^6) = 512

I think you may have something wrong in your problem because that doesn't match one of the choice. Give the problem another look.