Algebra Problem 28
Horseshoes

This problem is from a 16th century arithmetic book. 

"If I sold unto you a horse having four shoes, and in every shoe 6 nails, with this condition, that you shall pay for the first nail one ob, for the second nail two ob, for the third nail four ob, and so forth, doubling until the end of all the nails:  Now I ask you how much would the price of the horse come unto?”


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