Assume that you have just heard of a scandal and you are the
first one to know. You pass it on to

four person in a matter of 30 minutes. Each of these four in
turn passes it to four other persons

in the next 30 minutes and so on.

How long it will take for everybody in the World to get to
know the scandal?

Answer Posted / swati

I dont know the answer, but wud like to do one small
correction in first answer posted..

in first 30 mins 4 people will come to know..
after that, for next 30 mins total 1+4 = 5 people including
urself are ready to inform another 20 people..

it's not da condition that, once u told to 4 people, u cant
continue with telling to 4 new poeople about it..
right..?! ;)

now, at da end of 1 hour total 25 people know about
scandal..

and so on........ :)

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