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Contagious diseases can spread quickly. Suppose 3 people are ill during the first week of an epidemic, and each

person who is ill spreads the disease to five people by the end of the next week. By the end of the 8th week of
the epidemic, how many people have become ill?

OA) 292,968 people
OB) 392,978 people

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Answer:

392,978 people is correct

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