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Default How do I get a true calculation?

Hi. I think I have just posted this question, but I can't find it now, so my
apologies.....
I need to start at number 1 and multiply it by 2 - then multiply that answer
by 2, then multiply that answer by 2 and carry on until I have done that 480
times!!
when I try to do this in excel, I either get the answer 4.72237E+21 (which
means nothing to me) or £4,722,366,482,869,650,000,000.0 which isn't a true
calculation as I have worked it out up to a point, but I dont have enough
spaces on my calculator. Bearing in mind that I have not used excel since I
last worked (about 3 years ago), answers as simple as possible please.
Thanks

 
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