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There are 32 teams in the first round of a basketball tournament. One half of the teams that play in each round of the tournament move on to play in the next round.
a. Explain why the expression 32 x 1/2^3 represents the number of teams that play in the fourth round?

b. How many teams play in the fourth round? Show your work.