Question

Madison is organizing her bookshelf. she places her favorite shelf. she puts 2 books on the second shelf and puts 4 books on the third shelf. she continues by putting 8 books on the fourth shelf and 16 books on the fifth shelf. she has one more shelf left . If this pattern continues, how many books will go on the last shelf?

Answer 1

The answer is 256 as on every shelf madison has squared the shelf before

Answer 2

She will have 14 books on the last shelf

The number of books in each shelf is going up by twos

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