SOLUTION: Using the base 2 method of counting on your fingers, what number corresponds to tall the fingers of your right hand pressed against the desk?

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Question 674004: Using the base 2 method of counting on your fingers, what number corresponds to tall the fingers of your right hand pressed against the desk?
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Using the base 2 method of counting on your fingers, what number corresponds to tall the fingers of your right hand pressed against the desk?
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All the fingers?
1111 base 2 = 15 base 10
If the thumb is included,
11111 = 31
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It's 2^n - 1