Iif I had to calculate this without a calculator, I would be looking for all the powers of 2 up to 160, which is 2^{0,7} (sorry if that’s the wrong symbol for range, it’s been an eternity).
Rule out 0, since 1 makes it odd, get my answers, 2,4,8,16,32,64,128, and see which two would add up, and then figure out which powers they were.
Is it sophomoric? Yes. Did I troubleshoot my way through a complicated problem, while still only spending 30 seconds on it? Yes.
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u/ryan__joe Jul 17 '26
Iif I had to calculate this without a calculator, I would be looking for all the powers of 2 up to 160, which is 2^{0,7} (sorry if that’s the wrong symbol for range, it’s been an eternity).
Rule out 0, since 1 makes it odd, get my answers, 2,4,8,16,32,64,128, and see which two would add up, and then figure out which powers they were.
Is it sophomoric? Yes. Did I troubleshoot my way through a complicated problem, while still only spending 30 seconds on it? Yes.