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12 September, 17:06

Luis counts the total number of ducks swimming on a pond each day. On Monday he counts 1 duck. On Tuesday he counts 2 ducks. On Wednesday he counts 4 ducks. On Thursday he counts 8 ducks. If the pattern continues how many ducks will Luis count on Saturday? And what is the pattern?

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  1. 12 September, 20:01
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    On Saturday he will have 36 ducks and the pattern is multiplying by 2 for each number
  2. 12 September, 20:13
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    The pattern is: Ducks always swim on that pond in powers of 2.

    Monday ... 2⁰ = 1

    Tuesday ... 2¹ = 2

    Wednesday ... 2² = 4

    Thursday ... 2³ = 8

    So

    Friday ... 2⁴ = 16

    Saturday ... 2⁵ = 32 < = = = the answer

    AND ...

    If they kept doing this for a month, then

    on the 31st day there would be

    2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824 (more than 1 billion) ducks out there!
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