Penny a Day

You have just won a contest!

You must choose between 2 prizes. You may choose $.75 a day for 15 days or you may choose a penny the 1st day, which doubles every day for 15 days. Find out which prize you would choose.

Please do a writing (using good math language and symbols), which tells how and why you made your choice. Include a chart, graph or table that helped you solve the problem.

Penny a Day

You have just won a contest!

You must choose between 2 prizes. You may choose 6 cents a day for 5 days, or you may choose a penny the 1st day that doubles every day for 5 days. Find out which prize you would choose.

Please do a writing (using good math language and symbols) that tells how and why you made your choice. Include a chart, graph or table that helped you solve the problem.

Penny a Day

You have just won a contest!

You must choose between 2 prizes. You may choose $.75 a day for 15 days or you may choose a penny the 1st day, which doubles every day for 15 days. Find out which prize you would choose.

Please do a writing (using good math language and symbols), which tells how and why you made your choice. Include a chart, graph or table that helped you solve the problem.

When does choice 2 become better than choice 1?