document.write( "Question 1093783: Find the sum of the first eight term. 2,4,8 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The sequence is\r\n" );
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document.write( "n:            1  2  3   4   5   6    7    8\r\n" );
document.write( "Sequence[n]:  2  4  8  16  32  64  128  256    (the degrees of 2: \"2%5En\" )\r\n" );
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document.write( "The sum is S =  \"2%5E9-1\" = 511.\r\n" );
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