A lottery winner must decide between two methods of payment. Choice one is to receive a lump sum of $100,000,000. Choice two is to begin with one cent on day 1, four cents on day 2, 16 cents on day three, and so on until the end of 18 days. Which choice should the lottery winner select? Using complete sentences, explain the procedure taken to answer this question.

I said the second an d that is correct but my teacher is said I have an amount that is off, which was 171,798,691.84. Is it off, because I keep doing it on my calculator and keep getting the that answer.

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A lottery winner must decide between two methods of payment. Choice one is to receive a lump sum of $100,000,000. Choice two is to begin with one cent on day 1, four cents on day 2, 16 cents on day three, and so on until the end of 18 days. Which choice should the lottery winner select? Using complete sentences, explain the procedure taken to answer this question.

I said the second an d that is correct but my teacher is said I have an amount that is off, which was 171,798,691.84. Is it off, because I keep doing it on my calculator and keep getting the that answer.

anonymous · Answer

i no taht but i want to know the amount b/c she said it was wrong but i keep doing it and getting the same thing...

anonymous · Answer

no my answer is right all i want to know is your ammount that u got b/c that was the only thing i got wrong... and i do it again and again and keep getting that amount

anonymous · Answer

the second choice, like what did u get for the Choice two is to begin with one cent on day 1, four cents on day 2, 16 cents on day three, and so on until the end of 18 days

alexwee123 · Answer

wait hold on
my equation is wrong

alexwee123 · Answer

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