Find the next term: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16. Harder than you think?
A circle has been cut by n-1 lines. Let S be the sequence of the maximum number of sections inside the circle created. (The nth term refers to the number of sections created by n-1 lines.) Here are the first few terms of the sequence S: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 What is the next term of the sequence S?
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