Question 34396
Clever guy this salesman!!!

a)How much money would Mr. Brown have to put on the 32nd square?

here's what it looks like,
for every square, you are basically doubling the total placed on the previous square

so, you start with 1,2,4,8,16,32........

Its a geometric progression 32 times

formula is multiple^# of times progression repeats
 = 2^32 =  4,294,967,296 cents

b)How much would the traveling salesman receive if the checkerboard only had 32 squares?
Answer: $42,949,672.96


c)Calculate the amount of money necessary to fill the whole checkerboard (64 squares). How much money would the farmer need to give the salesman?
Answer: 18,446,744,073,709,600,000.00 cents
=$ 184,467,440,737,096,000

Use 2^64 to get this.