A group of 10 people begin a chain letter, with each

Chapter 10, Problem 1E

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A group of 10 people begin a chain letter, with each person sending the letter to four other people. Each of these people sends the letter to four additional people.a) Find a recurrence relation for the number of letters sent at the nth stage of this chain letter, if no person ever receives more than one letter.________________b) What are the initial conditions for the recurrence relation in part (a)?________________c) How many letters are sent at the nth stage of the chain letter?

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