Math Question: A King in ancient times agreed to reward the inventor of chess with one grain of wheat on the first of the 64 squares of a chess board. On the second square the King would place two grains of? wheat, on the third? square, four grains of? wheat, and on the fourth square eight grains of wheat. If the amount of wheat is doubled in this way on each of the remaining? squares, what is the total weight in tons of all the wheat that will be placed on the first 61 ?squares? (Assume that each grain of wheat weighs? 1/7000 pound. Remember that 1 tonequals2000 ?lbs.)
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