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    Leigh and her friends came up with a phone tree system where each call was limited to 3 minutes to share news efficiently. To calculate the possible number of calls in an hour, the student divided 60 minutes by 3 minutes per call, getting 20 possible calls. Then taking 20 to the power of 2 to account for each person calling 2 others, the total possible calls was calculated to be 1,048,576. To extend the problem further, the student suggested making each call 5 minutes instead of 3, and limiting the time to 30 minutes instead of 60 to get a more reasonable solution of 64 possible calls.

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    Leigh and her friends came up with a phone tree system where each call was limited to 3 minutes to share news efficiently. To calculate the possible number of calls in an hour, the student divided 60 minutes by 3 minutes per call, getting 20 possible calls. Then taking 20 to the power of 2 to account for each person calling 2 others, the total possible calls was calculated to be 1,048,576. To extend the problem further, the student suggested making each call 5 minutes instead of 3, and limiting the time to 30 minutes instead of 60 to get a more reasonable solution of 64 possible calls.

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    Leigh and her friends came up with a phone tree system where each call was limited to 3 minutes to share news efficiently. To calculate the possible number of calls in an hour, the student divided 60 minutes by 3 minutes per call, getting 20 possible calls. Then taking 20 to the power of 2 to account for each person calling 2 others, the total possible calls was calculated to be 1,048,576. To extend the problem further, the student suggested making each call 5 minutes instead of 3, and limiting the time to 30 minutes instead of 60 to get a more reasonable solution of 64 possible calls.

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    ATimelyPhoneTree:

    ProblemStatement

    Leighsparentsdecidetolimitherphonetimefrom8pmto9pmnights,allofLeighsfriends
    parentsadoptedthesameroutine.Leighandherfriendscameupwithabetterwayofdoing
    thingsanddecidedthatthreeminuteswasjustenoughtimetospreadanyoftheirimportant
    newswithoutthesamepersongettingthenewstwice.
    Process:Explainhowyoukepttrackoftheresults
    InordertofindouttheanswertothisverylongproblemIfirstdivided60by3becauseinorder
    tofindoutthepossibilityofthehowmanyphonecallscouldbemadeinthehour.Idividedthe
    60minutesby3minutesbecauseeachphonecallsarenolongerandnoshorterthan3
    minutes.AfterIfiguredoutthatshecouldcall20differentpeopleIdid20tothe2endpower
    becauseafterconsultingwithNathanIfoundoutthatthepoweroftwoinbecauseoftheamount
    thepeoplecanthatcanbecalled.OnceIhadfoundtheanswerIhadgot,IthenIconsultedwith
    manyofmyclassmatestofindoutIgotthesameanswer1,048,576(Solution).

    MathWork
    20(2)1,048,576(Solution)
    1*2
    2*2
    4*2
    8*2
    !6*2
    32*2
    64*2
    128*2
    256*2
    512*2
    1,024*2
    4,096*2
    81,92*2
    16,384*2
    32,768*2
    65,536*2
    131,072*2
    262,144*2
    524,288*2=1,048,576(Solution)

    ReflectionandSelfAssessment
    WhenIassessedmyworkIfoundoutthatIhadafullunderstandingofwhatIwasworkingwith.
    IdidallmyworkandshowedhowIgottheproblemandwhy.ThroughoutthisproblemIshowed
    completeorganizationasmyhabitsofamathematician.Ialsoconsultedwithmyother

    classmateswhenIwasinarutnotgivinguponce.IfeelIshowedthatItriedhardandIgotthe
    jobdonemakingitpossibleformetogetasolidanswerthatIam100%confidentin.

    Extension
    InordertoextendthisproblemfurtherIwouldmakethetimefor5minuteslonginsteadof3
    minutes,becausehonestlywhocangossipinthreeminutes.AlsoIamgoingtomakethetime
    30minutesbecausereallywhohasoveramillionfriends.Whenyoudivide20by5yougetsix
    sothenyouranswerisgoingtobethesumofsixsquared.

    6(2endpower)
    2*1
    2*2
    4*2
    8*2
    16*2
    32*2
    Theextendedproblemssolutionis64whichisalotmorereasonablethenoveramillion.

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