Question

James won the grand prize on a game show and decided that he would pick the following plan. On day 1 he will

get paid one penny, on day 2 he will get paid 2 pennies and on day 3 he will get paid 4 pennies. Assuming this
trend continues how much will he get paid on the 28th day?

Answer 1

$134217728

Explanation:

Day 1: $1

Day 2: $2

Day 3: $4

Day 4: $8

Day 5: $16

Day 6: $32

Day 7: $64

Day 8: $128

Day 9: $256

Day 10: $512

Day 11: $1024

Day 12: $2048

Day 13: $4096

Day 14: $8192

Day 15: $16384

Day 16: $32768

Day 17: $65536

Day 18: $131072

Day 19: $262144

Day 20: $524288

Day 21: $1048576

Day 22: $2097152

Day 23: $4194304

Day 24: $8388608

Day 25: $16777216

Day 26: $33554432

Day 27: $67108864

Day 28: $134217728