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To express 20 as a sum of different powers of 2, we would write 20=24+22. The sum of the exponents of these powers is 4+2=6. If 400 were expressed as a sum of at least two distinct powers of 2, what would be the least possible sum of the exponents of these powers?

 Sep 3, 2018
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400=202, so we have (24+22)2=(24)2+2(24)(22)+(22)2=28+27+248+7+4=19.

 

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 Sep 3, 2018

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