Problem 60968. Monkey and the Peaches

A monkey picked a certain number of peaches on the first day.
Each day, the monkey eats half of the remaining peaches plus one more. This continues every day.
On the x-th morning, the monkey finds only 1 peach remaining before eating.
Write a function that returns the number of peaches the monkey must have picked on day 1, given x, the number of days this routine lasted.
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90.91% Correct | 9.09% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Aug 12, 2025

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