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Zeno is walking in a straight line. With each step, he covers half the remaining distance between him and the end of his path, which is a total of 8 feet. After 4 steps, he will have walked _____ feet.
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Zeno is walking in a straight line. With each step, he covers half the remaining distance between him and the end of his path, which is a total of 8 feet. After 4 steps, he will have walked _____ feet.

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8 foot path

1st step = 8/2 = 4ft
2nd step = 4/2 = 2ft
3rd step = 2/2 = 1ft
4th step = 1/2 = 1/2ft

So he covered 7 1/2 ft (or 7.5ft)
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