document.write( "Question 1188981: kawther saved 3 nicles today if she triples the number of niclkles she saves evry day how many days including today will it take her to save more than 700 nickles \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "The formula for the sum of a finite number of terms of a geometric series is something you should know and be able to use.

\n" ); document.write( "However, for a problem like this, with a small number of terms and \"nice\" numbers, the fastest path to the solution is to find the terms of the sequence and add them until you reach the goal.
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document.write( "     day  # today  total #\r\n" );
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document.write( "      1      3      3\r\n" );
document.write( "      2      9     12\r\n" );
document.write( "      3     27     39\r\n" );
document.write( "      4     81    120\r\n" );
document.write( "      5    243    363\r\n" );
document.write( "      6    729   1092

\n" ); document.write( "The first day when the total is greater than 700 is day 6.

\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: 6

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