Consider a pile of Diamonds on a table.A thief enters and steals 1/2 of th e total quanity and then again 2 extra from the remaining. After some time a second thief enters and steals 1/2 of the remaining+2. Then 3rd thief enters and steals 1/2 of the remaining+2.Then 4th thief enters and steals 1/2 of the remaining+2.When the 5th one enters he finds 1 diamond on the table.Find out the total no. of diamonds originally on the table before the 1st thief entered.


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