Suppose you save​ $1 the first day of a​ month, $2 the second​ day, $4 the third​ day, and so on. That​ is, each day you save twice as much as you did the day before. What will you put aside for savings on the sixteenth day of the​ month?

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Suppose you save​ $1 the first day of a​ month, $2 the second​ day, $4 the third​ day, and so on. That​ is, each day you save twice as much as you did the day before. What will you put aside for savings on the

sixteenth

day of the​ month?

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