There are some passengers riding on a bus. At the first stop, half the passengers get off and nobody gets on the bus. This pattern continues as the bus goes to the next stops. If only one passenger gets off at stop number 5, how many passengers were on the bus originally?
Choose the correct option:
A) 128
B) 64
C) 32
D) 16
E) 8
Before stop 5, there were 2 passengers on the bus.   Before stop 4, there were 4 passengers on the bus.   etc...   Before stop x, there were 2^(6-x) passengers on the bus.   Before stop 1, there were 2^5 = 32 passengers on the bus.   The answer is 32.
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There are some passengers riding on a bus. At the first stop, half the passengers get off and nobody gets on the bus. This pattern continues as the bus goes to the next stops. If only one passenger gets off at stop number 5, how many passengers were on the bus originally?