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What does paper folding have to do with exponents?

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Explanation:

If you take a whole sheet of paper and fold it in half, for instance, you will have 2 rectangles. If you fold it in half again, you will get 4 rectangles, and so on. Each time you fold by one-half, you keep doubling the amount of rectangles.

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