document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1190095>Question 1190095</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Topics In Contemporary Math<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Exponential Growth\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) Which would you rather have, one million dollars or the amount of money you would get <BR>\n" );
document.write( "if a penny was doubled every day for a (30-day) month? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #821676 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52788)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=821676\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the geometric progression \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1, 2, 4, 8, 16, . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "with the first term 1 and the common ratio 2 has very simple formula for the sum\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "of the first n terms  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5Bn%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5Bn%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%5En-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%5En-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(surely, it is a particular case of the general formula . . . )\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It facilitates calculations &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- - - &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;so, &nbsp;it is useful and worth to be &nbsp;MEMORIZED,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in addition to the general formula.\r<BR>\n" );
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