Eddy
What is unknown? As the great Khan would say, what is the find?
ASSIGN A PRONUMERAL TO EACH.
b=weight of bottom box.
t=weight of stack.
WRITE IN MATH NOTATION ALL QUANTITATIVE RELATIONS GIVEN IN ENGLISH
[math]t = w + w * \dfrac{1}{2} + \left ( w * \dfrac{1}{2} \right ) * \dfrac{1}{2} + \left \{ \left (w * \dfrac{1}{2} \right ) * \dfrac{1}{2} \right \} * \dfrac{1}{2}\right \}.[/math]
Can you simplify that using the distributive property?
Do you know what that kind of series is called?
Do you know a formula for calculating the sum no matter how many terms are involved?