John's band's Facebook page has 17,000 likes. If each of his fans has friends that number 15 percent of the likes that John has, how many people can John's fan page potentially reach if all his fans share his page? (Do not include John's direct fans.)

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Gregory Osborn

Mathematics

4 February, 16:44

John's band's Facebook page has 17,000 likes. If each of his fans has friends that number 15 percent of the likes that John has, how many people can John's fan page potentially reach if all his fans share his page? (Do not include John's direct fans.)

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Shyanne Singh · Answer 1

There could be 42,483,000 potential page fans that John could have excluding his direct fans.

Solution:

1 fan = 17,000 x 15% = 2,550

2,550 x 17000 direct fans = 42,500,000

42,500,000 - 17000 direct fans = 42,483,000