dollars or pennies? $1 per week for 4 weeks or

Question

dollars or pennies? jim uncle said he would pay him to set the table every day for one month.  He said he would pay Jim either $2.00 per week for 4 weeks, or 1 penny on the first day, 2 pennies on the second day, 4 pennies on the third day, doubling it every day for 30 days. which way should jim get paid? Draw, show, or explain how you solved the problem.

you can use bar graph, find the rule or explain it to show the answer.

Answer 1

2$/week*4 weeks=8$

1 penee/dae on dae 1, 2 on dae 2, 4, 8, 16,...for 30 daes

the last dae alone, yu get 2^29 penees=536,870,912 penees

=5,368,709.12$

All the prior daes add up tu 536,870,911 penees....1 penee short av the last dae