Suppose half the people on a bus exit at each stop and no additional passengers board the bus. If on the Sixth stop the next to last person exits the bus, then how many people were on the bus?

• there are 128 people on the bus.
  according to question on the first stop no. of people will be=64
  on second stop=32
  on third stop=16
  on fourth stop=8
  on fifth stop=4
  on sixth stop=2
  on sixth stop next to the last people exit and one people remains.so there were 128 people on the bus.
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• 2^7=128 people
  
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