Question

A King in ancient times agreed to reward the inventor of chess with one grain of wheat on the first of the 64 squares of a chess board. On the second square the king would place to grasowe
on the third square four grains of wheat, and on the fourth square eight grains of wheat. If the amount of wheat is doubled in this way on each of the remaining squares how many of
should be placed on square 13? Also find the total number of grains of wheat on the board at this time and the total weight in pounds. Assume that each grant what we 7000 pound)
How many grains of wheat should be placed on square 13?
grains​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. 65536

2. 458752000

Step-by-step explanation:

2 to the power of 16 is 65536

458752000=65536*7000