Question

An eccentric math teacher told his class that he would assign one problem on the first day of school, two

Answer 1

N is the day it is, so since we are trying to find the number of problems for the 10th day, n will equal 10. The quantity of problems is doubling each day, so you will create this rule:

2^n - 1

Now, to plug in the numbers:

2^10 - 1

Then we simplify:

2^9

And now we solve this equation:

2^9 = 512