Question

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The points on the curve represent the number of teams remaining in a tournament as a function of the number of games that have been played.

What is the number of teams who began the tournament?



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Answer 1

The tournament began at (0,64) = 0 games there were 64 teams.

Answer 2

ANSWER

The number of teams who began the tournament is
$64$


EXPLANATION

The initial value is the y-intercept.
This y-intercept has coordinate

$(0,64)$



At this point, no games were played yet and there were
$64$
teams in the tournament.




This is the very beginning of the tournament. Therefore the number of teams that began the tournament is
$64 .$