Me with this question for pre-calculus

Awrestling tournament begins with 128 competitors. in the first round, each competitor has 1 match against another wrestler. the winner of each match moves on to the next round until there is a winner. write a sequence in which the terms represent the number of players still in the tournament at the end of each round. describe the sequence? how many rounds are in the tournament?

In the final round of trivia competition, contestants were asked to name as many states that begin with the letter m as they could in 15 seconds. the bar graph shows the number of states the contestants were able to name. how many contestants participated in the final round of the competition? a) 6 b) 8 c) 14 d) 20

In which form is the following function written? y = - 2(x – 3)(x + 5)