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The Incredible Hulk can double the distance he jumps with each succeeding jump.If the first jump is 1 meter,the second jump is 2 meters,the third jump is 4 meters,and so on,then on which jump will he first be able to jump more than 1 kilometer

 Nov 12, 2015
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The eleventh jump.......

 

2n-1    gives the distance  on the nth jump.....and we want to know  this :

 

2n-1 >  1000

 

And.....

 

210 = 1024.......so.....

 

211-1   = 210  >  1000

 

And n = 11

 

 

 

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 Nov 12, 2015
edited by CPhill  Nov 12, 2015

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