document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=882731>Question 882731</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Dear Sir/Madam;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    Good day!  Please help me with this series question:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A piece of paper is 0.01 inch thick.  It is cut and stacked repeatedly in such a way that its thickness is doubled each time for 20 times.  How thick is the result?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #533046 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Leaf+W.><B>Leaf W.(135)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Leaf+W.><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Leaf+W.><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=533046\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello! For each time you double the stack, you are essentially multiplying the thickness of the stack by 2. Therefore, by doubling the stack 20 times, you are multiplying by 2 twenty times, which you can simplify to multiplication by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%5E20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%5E20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Thus, the thickness of the stack after doubling it 20 times is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.01+%2A+2%5E20+=+104857.6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.01+%2A+2%5E20+=+104857.6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, so your final thickness is 104857.6 inches.<BR>\n" );
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