Gina gets money from her grandfather every day for the entire week of her birthday, starting on Monday. She gets $2 on Monday, $4 on Tuesday, and the previous day's amount gets multiplied by 2 each day.

Which of the following would represent how much money Gina would receive on Thursday?

2^5
2^4
2^3
2^2

Question

Gina gets money from her grandfather every day for the entire week of her birthday, starting on Monday. She gets $2 on Monday, $4 on Tuesday, and the previous day's amount gets multiplied by 2 each day.

Which of the following would represent how much money Gina would receive on Thursday?

2^5
2^4
2^3
2^2

anonymous · Answer

If each day the amount of money is multiplied by 2 then each day represents the "power of" sign eg.  monday was the first day so the money received would be 2^1. On tuesday as it was the second day it would be 2^2 and so on