Answer
$31$
Work Step by Step
$\sum ^{5}_{k=1}2^{k-1}=\sum ^{4}_{i=0}2^{i}=2^{0}+2^{1}+2^{2}+2^{3}+2^{4}=1+2+4+8+16=31$
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