SOLUTION: You are the director of a tennis tournament.It costs you $25.00 for each game played to pay for equipment, court rental, awards, and officials. There are 64 players. It will b

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Question 442995: You are the director of a tennis tournament.It costs you $25.00 for each game played to pay for equipment, court rental, awards, and officials.
There are 64 players. It will be a single- elimination tournament.(When a player loses, that player is out of the running.)How much money do you need to raise to pay for the tournament?Explain how you got your answer.

Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
32=2^5
Working from the championship game (2^0=1),we get the total number of games to be
2^0+2^1+...+2^5=63
63x$25.00=$1575.00..

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