SOLUTION: How many terms are there in the sequence 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, ... , 1/2048?

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Question 1192364: How many terms are there in the sequence 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, ... , 1/2048?
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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First term is  .


Last term is  .


If no one term is missed and no one is repeated (which I hope), then the number of terms is 11+1 = 12.    ANSWER

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