Question

A chain email tells people to forward the email to 10 friends in order to have good luck. Assuming that everyone in the chain actually follows the directions, create a sequence to show how many people will get the email after 5 rounds of forwarding.(2 points)
10, 100,

Answer 1

To calculate how many people receive the email after 5 rounds of forwarding, we can create a sequence based on the number of people each participant forwards the email to. In this scenario, each person forwards the email to 10 friends.

Here's how the forwarding works:

1. In the **first round**, the initial person sends the email to 10 friends.
Total: 10

2. In the **second round**, each of those 10 friends forwards it to 10 more friends (10 x 10 = 100).
Total: 100

3. In the **third round**, each of those 100 people forwards it to 10 more friends (100 x 10 = 1,000).
Total: 1,000

4. In the **fourth round**, each of those 1,000 people forwards it to 10 more friends (1,000 x 10 = 10,000).
Total: 10,000

5. In the **fifth round**, each of those 10,000 people forwards it to 10 more friends (10,000 x 10 = 100,000).
Total: 100,000

Putting this together, the sequence of how many people receive the email after each round of forwarding is as follows:

- Round 1: 10
- Round 2: 100
- Round 3: 1,000
- Round 4: 10,000
- Round 5: 100,000

So the completed sequence after 5 rounds is:
10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000.