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		patio11 on Nov 25, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wear your shirt He should ask for $1 the first day, $1.10 the second day (10% more), $1.21 (10% more) the third day... and mathematical illiteracy for Christmas.

ramidarigaz on Nov 25, 2009 [–]

By my calculations that's about $14,000,000,000,000,000.

Not bad for a year.

LucaDuval on Nov 25, 2009 | [–]

A lot less. $ 1,283,305,580,313,390

ramidarigaz on Nov 26, 2009 | | [–]

I think that's the payment on day 365, not the year total.

Edit: It is. I just ran the code again, and the payment for day 365 is 1.28331e+15

LucaDuval on Nov 26, 2009 | | [–]

You are right. I was wrong.

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