document.write( "Question 447631: Hugh Moore makes up a joke and tells it to his 5 closest friends on Sunday morning. Each of those friends tells his or her 5 closest friends on Monday morning, and so on. Assuming no duplication, how many people will have heard the joke by the end of Saturday?\r
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On Sunday morning 5 people have heard the joke
\n" ); document.write( "Each of the 5 tell 5 people on monday AM, so
\n" ); document.write( "\"+5%2A5+=+25\" have heard it
\n" ); document.write( "Each of these \"+25+\" tell \"5\" on tuesday AM, so
\n" ); document.write( "\"+5%2A5%2A5+=+125+\" have heard it
\n" ); document.write( "By wed AM: \"+5%5E4+=+625+\" have heard it
\n" ); document.write( "By thurs AM \"+5%5E5+=+3125+\" have heard it
\n" ); document.write( "By fri AM \"+5%5E6+=+15625+\" have heard it
\n" ); document.write( "By sat PM \"+5%5E7+=+78125+\" have heard it
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