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Number 1 I hope it helps :D
During work and outside of it, slaves suffered physical abuse, since the government allowed it. Treatment was usually harsher on large plantations, which were often managed by overseers and owned by absentee slaveholders. Small slaveholders worked together with their slaves and sometimes treated them more humanely.
Answer:
From the first generation = 2 ancestors.
From the second generation = 4 ancestors or (2)^2 ancestors.
From the third generation = 8 ancestors or (2)^3 ancestors.
We can infer from the given data, each consecutive generation possesses twice the number of members.
The sum will be:
2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + ... + (2)^39
To evaluate the amount of ancestors, let's employ the formula for the summation of a geometric sequence.
(Geometric sequence shows the sequence of numbers that varies by a specific factor. This factor is specifically known as a ratio).
Formula for Geometric sequence:
S = (a1) × 1 - (r)^n
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1 - r
Take:
S -> sum
a1 -> first member of a sequence
r -> ratio
n -> number of elements
In this question, our:
a1 = 2; r = 2; and n = 39
S = (2) × 1 - (2)^39
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1 - 2
S = 1,099,511,627,777
