Answer: Five people received the e-mail on the first day of the experiment.
Step-by-step explanation:
The given function that represents the number of people who receive a certain e-mail on day d of an e-mail experiment.
[tex]p(d)=5.4^{d-1}[/tex]
Since, on first day d=1
Thus the number of people are [tex]p(1)=5.4^{1-1}= 5.4^0=5[/tex]
Therefore, Five people received the e-mail on the first day of the experiment.
That is, Option 1) is correct.