Ahuge ping-pong tournament is held in beijing with 65,536 participants at the start of the tournament. each round of
the tournament eliminates half the participants.
b. use your model to determine how many participants remain after 10 rounds of play

Number of players left after 10 rounds = 64

Step-by-step explanation:

This is an example of geometric progression,

First term = 65,536

Now we need to term of GP when 10 rounds of play is completed, that is eleventh term of GP.

N th term of GP is given by

Substituting

Number of players left after 10 rounds = 64

the answer would be c:   ax + b = ax + c

step-by-step explanation: