Problem solving
use the problem solving plan to solve the following word problems.
1. thirty-two teams are in the first round of a softball tournament. a team is
eliminated as soon as it loses a game. how many games will need to be
played to determine the winner?

31 games

Step-by-step explanation:

round 1 has 32 teams ÷2=16games

round 2 has 16 teams ÷2=8games

round 3 has 8 teams ÷2=4games

round 4 has 4 teams ÷ 2=2games

round 5 has 2 teams ÷2=1games

16+8+4+2+1

d. 8

step-by-step explanation:

the given radical expression is:

we can rewrite this as:

we express as square numbers to get;

the exponents will now cancel out to give.

the correct answer is d