freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/08-coding-interview-prep/project-euler/problem-155-counting-capacitor-circuits.english.md

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id: 5900f4081000cf542c50ff1a
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 155: Counting Capacitor Circuits'
forumTopicId: 301786
---

## Description
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An electric circuit uses exclusively identical capacitors of the same value C.

The capacitors can be connected in series or in parallel to form sub-units, which can then be connected in series or in parallel with other capacitors or other sub-units to form larger sub-units, and so on up to a final circuit.
Using this simple procedure and up to n identical capacitors, we can make circuits having a range of different total capacitances. For example, using up to n=3 capacitors of 60 F each, we can obtain the following 7 distinct total capacitance values:

If we denote by D(n) the number of distinct total capacitance values we can obtain when using up to n equal-valued capacitors and the simple procedure described above, we have: D(1)=1, D(2)=3, D(3)=7 ...
Find D(18).
Reminder : When connecting capacitors C1, C2 etc in parallel, the total capacitance is CT = C1 + C2 +...,

whereas when connecting them in series, the overall capacitance is given by:
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## Instructions
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## Tests
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```yml
tests:
  - text: <code>euler155()</code> should return 3857447.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(euler155(), 3857447);

```

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## Challenge Seed
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<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function euler155() {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}

euler155();
```

</div>



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## Solution
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```js
// solution required
```

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