five friends A, B,C,D and E decided to share a lot of apples. Each of them had half of the total plus half an apple in order. After each of them took their share 2 time, no apples were left.How many apples were there?
Choose the correct choice from the following answers:	A) 1023	B) 1024	C) 1026	D) 1029	E) 1020
Whenever the rate of reduction is 'half of the total and half of it', the answer is always (2^n)-1, where 'n' is the number of times the process is repeated. Here, the process is repeated 10 times. So answer is (2^10)-1=1023   1023nswer 1023
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five friends A, B,C,D and E decided to share a lot of apples. Each of them had half of the total plus half an apple in order. After each of them took their share 2 time, no apples were left.How many apples were there?