SOLUTION: A person has two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. What is the total number of a person's ancestors in 15 generations?

Question 814405: A person has two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. What is the total number of a person's ancestors in 15 generations?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
generation 1: 2^1 = 2
generation 2: 2^2 = 4
generation 3: 2^3 = 8
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generation 15: 2^15 = 32768
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