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Study the pattern and complete the series : 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, ?

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Study the pattern and complete the series : 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, ?
posted Oct 17, 2016 by Vishal

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It follows the logic below:
15 x 2 = 30 + 1 = 31
31 x 2 = 62 + 1 = 63
63 x 2 = 126 + 1 = 127
127x 2 = 254 + 1 = 255
255x 2 = 510 + 1 = 511

The answer is 511

answer Oct 19, 2016 by anonymous
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The series contains ((2^n)-1) terms starting with n=4.
So the required term will have n=9 => 512 -1 = 511.

answer Oct 17, 2016 by Tejas Naik
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511 will complete the series as indicated below:

The pattern shows that the numbers are doubled with a "1" added in.
Starting with 15x2 = 30 + 1 = 31. And ending with 255x2 = 510 +1 = 511.

answer Oct 18, 2016 by George Davros
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each consecutive number is add up with 16,32,64,128,.....

31-15=16
63-31 =32

127-63 =64

255-127=128

.....-255=256 so value is (256+255=511)

answer Nov 18, 2016 by Pragati Jaiswal
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