Olympiad workbookIOQMBinary Numbers
Consider the sequence 1,7,8,49,50,56,57,343, which consists of sums of distinct powers of 7 , that is, 7^0, 7^1, 7^0+7^1, 7^2, , in increasing order. At what position will 16856 occur in this sequence?
Correct answer
36
Step-by-step solution
i.e. we get 16856 at 36^ th position