Leifs rich uncle decided to give him $1.00 the first day of Christmas and to double the amount each subsequent day. How much money (in dollars) does he recieve after all 12 days of Christmas?
Let's look at each day:
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024
2048
Total received:
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 +...
