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There are two options;

You can get 1 point of extra credit every day
or
You can get .01 points of extra credit today, and every day it will double the previous day's extra credit
Which do you htink is a better deal for you? and why?

User Victor Choy
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You can get .01 points of extra credit today, and every day it will double the previous day's extra credit

This is the better deal since

1st day: 0.01×2= 0.02

2nd: 0.02×2= 0.04

3rd day: 0.04×2= 0.08

4th day: 0.08×2= 0.16

5th day: 0.16× 2= 0.32

6th: 0.32×2= 0.64

7th: 0.64×2= 1.28

therfore this proves that the second option is better since the 1st option allows you to only obtain 1 point of extra credit a day whereas if you choose the 2nd option only on day 7 of choosing the 2nd option you already have more than 1 point and let's not ignore the fact that it will me doubled as the days go on. Therfore option 2 is definitely better.

Hope this helped you- have a good day bro cya)

User Zahid Rouf
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