Which is more: being given one million dollars, or one cent ($0.01) the first day, double that penny the next day, then double the previous day's cents and so on for a month?
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Days Cent
1st Day 1
2nd Day 2
3rd Day 4
4th Day 8
5th Day 16
6th Day 32
7th Day 64
8th Day 128
9th Day 256
10th Day 512
11th Day 1024
12th Day 2048
13th Day 4096
14th Day 8192
15th Day 16384
16th Day 32768
17th Day 65536
18th Day 131072
19th Day 262144
20th Day 524288
21st day 1048576
22nd Day 2097152
23rd Day 4194304
24th Day 8388608
25th Day 16777216
26th Day 33554432
27th Day 67108864
28th Day 134217728
29th Day 268435456
30th Day 536870912
So, one cent ($ 0.01) given on first day, double the penny next day, then double the previous day's penny will become 536870912 cents in one month (30 days).
536870912 cents = 536,870,912/100 = 5,368,709.12
So, 5,368,709.12 Dollar is much more than 1 million Dollar
Days Cent
1st Day 1
2nd Day 2
3rd Day 4
4th Day 8
5th Day 16
6th Day 32
7th Day 64
8th Day 128
9th Day 256
10th Day 512
11th Day 1024
12th Day 2048
13th Day 4096
14th Day 8192
15th Day 16384
16th Day 32768
17th Day 65536
18th Day 131072
19th Day 262144
20th Day 524288
21st day 1048576
22nd Day 2097152
23rd Day 4194304
24th Day 8388608
25th Day 16777216
26th Day 33554432
27th Day 67108864
28th Day 134217728
29th Day 268435456
30th Day 536870912
So, one cent ($ 0.01) given on first day, double the penny next day, then double the previous day's penny will become 536870912 cents in one month (30 days).
536870912 cents = 536,870,912/100 = 5,368,709.12
So, 5,368,709.12 Dollar is much more than 1 million Dollar
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