Half the people on a bus get off at each stop after the first, and no one gets on after the first stop. If only one person gets off at stop number 7, how many people got on at the first stop?

A 128

B 64

C  32

D 16

Solution

Correct Answer: Option B

7th stop only one was left and in each preceding stop twice the nos... there were so 6 stops before 7th.

 

so \(2^6=64\)

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