SOLUTION: Ten fourth graders are dividing a cake. The first fourth grader takes half the cake and passes it to the next student. The second student takes half of the remaining cake and passe

Question 973344: Ten fourth graders are dividing a cake. The first fourth grader takes half the cake and passes it to the next student. The second student takes half of the remaining cake and passes the rest along. This continues until all the students have taken cake. Which of the following could be the fraction of the original cake that one student receives?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Nothing following to choose from,
but the denominator of the fraction must be
a power of two.

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