SOLUTION: A line segment was halved and the two hence formed line segments were further halved and so on. Write an expression that represents the number of line segments obtained when halve

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Question 892289: A line segment was halved and the two hence formed line segments were further halved and so on.
Write an expression that represents the number of line segments obtained when halved n times starting from n=1.
Is it possible to obtain 144 line segments in this process?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the process?

First halving gives 2.
Second halving gives 2*2=4.
Third halving gives 4*2=8.
Fourth halving gives 8*2=16.

You are forming powers of 2.
144 is not a power of 2.

2%5E7=128 and 2%5E8=256.