Problem #5 EASY
The Lily Pad Exponential Pond
Meta Math Pattern Recognition
Problem Statement
In a quiet lake, a single lily pad is growing. Every day, the size of the lily pad doubles in area.
If it takes exactly 48 days for the lily pad to completely cover the entire surface of the lake, how many days does it take for the lily pad to cover exactly half of the lake?
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