The cookie dough was split into 2 parts and those parts were split into 2 parts and those parts were split into 2 parts and lastly, those parts were split into 2 parts. If each of the final parts was a cookie, how many were there?

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2^3 cookies
12 cookies
2^4 cookies
22 cookies

Answer 1

The cookie dough was split 4 times, so we multiply the number of original parts (1) by 2 raised to the power of 4 (2^4). This gives us 1 * 2^4 = 16 cookies. Therefore, the correct answer is 16 cookies.