document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=84882>Question 84882</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to figure out this word problem. Thank you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose an employee recieves a wage of 1 cent for the first day of work, 2 cents the second day, 4 cents the third day, and so on in a geometric sequence. Find the total amount of money earned for working 30 days. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #61163 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=61163\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A sequence of numbers each of which is progressively increased by the same factor, in this case, the factor is 2, is known as a geometric progression.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It can be shown that the sum of all the terms in such a progression is given by:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your problem, n = 30 (the number of days), so, the total number of cents (S) received for 30-days work would be:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S+=+1073741824+-+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S+=+1073741824+-+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S+=+1073741823 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S+=+1073741823\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cents. Multiply by 100 to find the number of dollars.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The employee receives $10,737,418.23 for 30-days work. </SPAN>\n" );
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