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+# Display the powers of 2 using anonymous function
+
+terms = 10
+
+# Uncomment code below to take input from the user
+# terms = int(input("How many terms? "))
+
+# use anonymous function
+result = list(map(lambda x: 2 ** x, range(terms)))
+
+print("The total terms are:",terms)
+for i in range(terms):
+   print("2 raised to power",i,"is",result[i])