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Mr. Bean chooses a number and he keeps on doubling the number followed by subtracting one from it, if he chooses 3 as initial number and he repeats the operation for 30 times then what is the final result?
A(2^30) - 1
B(2^30) - 2
C(2^31) - 1
D(2^31) + 2
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Step 1: (3 * 2) - 1 = 5 ( 2^2 + 1)
Step 2: (5 * 2) - 1 = 9 (2^3 + 1)
Step 3: (9 * 2) - 1 = 17 (2^4 + 1)
Step 4: (17 * 2) - 1 = 33 (2^5 + 1)
So After 30 steps we have 2^31 + 1
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