SOLUTION: In a large city league, the boys' baseball teams hold a tournament. If there are 40 teams in the league and half of the teams are eliminated in each round of games, how many teams

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Question 845569: In a large city league, the boys' baseball teams hold a tournament. If there are 40 teams in the league and half of the teams are eliminated in each round of games, how many teams are left after 3 rounds?
(a) 40(1.05)*3
(b) 40(.05)*3
(c) 40(.5)*3
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Hi,

how many teams are left after 3 rounds: 40,20,10,highlight%285%29+=+40%281%2F2%29%5E3