SOLUTION: I want to cut a piece of wood into five shorter pieces. The first cut takes 2 seconds and each subsequent cut takes twice as long as did the previous one. How many seconds will t

SOLUTION: I want to cut a piece of wood into five shorter pieces. The first cut takes 2 seconds and each subsequent cut takes twice as long as did the previous one. How many seconds will t

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Question 1095958: I want to cut a piece of wood into five shorter pieces. The first cut takes 2 seconds and each
subsequent cut takes twice as long as did the previous one. How many seconds will the job
require?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
30 seconds

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