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A man asked his son that he will give him Dollar 1000 if he could accomplish the following task. The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousands dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his son, “Place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars I ask for, you can give me one or more of the envelopes, containing the exact amount I asked for without having to open any of the envelopes. If you can do this, you will keep the Dollar 1000.” When the father asked for a sum of money, the son was able to give him envelopes containing the exact amount of money asked for. How did the son distribute the money among the ten envelopes ? 
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1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512
This is $1023 and you only have $1000. The last envelope should contain $489.
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