SOLUTION: The man who invented the game of chess was asked to name his reward. He asked for 1 grain of corn to be placed on the first square of his chessboard, 2 on the second, 4 on the thir
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Question 1077686: The man who invented the game of chess was asked to name his reward. He asked for 1 grain of corn to be placed on the first square of his chessboard, 2 on the second, 4 on the third and so on until all 64 squares were covered. He then said he would like as many grains of corn as the chessboard carried. How many grains of corn did he claim as his prize?
Answer by ikleyn(52832) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The sum of the geometric progression.
My lessons on geometric progressions in this site are
- Geometric progressions
- The proofs of the formulas for geometric progressions
- Problems on geometric progressions
- Word problems on geometric progressions
- One characteristic property of geometric progressions
- Solved problems on geometric progressions
- Fresh, sweet and crispy problem on arithmetic and geometric progressions
Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
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The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic
"Geometric progressions".
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