To save money for a video game, you put one dollar in an envelope.Each day for 5 days you double the number of dollars in the envelope from the day before. How much have you saved after 5 days?

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anonymous · Answer

The easiest wat to solve this is draw a picture for each day, such as an envelope for each day with the number of dollars it contains written on it. Then just add up all the dollars!

anonymous · Answer

32$ :)

anonymous · Answer

@Fall12-13 it starts off as 1 dollar. so it would double the next day.

anonymous · Answer

@mikaa_toxica13 Yeah sorry, never mind.

anonymous · Answer

day 1=1$
day 2=2$
day 3=4$
and so on...

anonymous · Answer

its okay lol. so its 32$ miss party rainbow276

anonymous · Answer

how did u get tht

anonymous · Answer

First Day: $1
Second Day = 2$
Third Day = 4$
Forth Day= 8$
Fifth Day = 16$
Add them all.
I got the answer as 31$ lol o_O

anonymous · Answer

okaay
first day- 1 dollar
second day- 2
third day- 4
fourth day- 8
fifth day- 16
add them (sorry not 32 its 6 i went a day over)
1+ 2+ 4+ 8+ 16= 31 so your total answer is 31 :)

anonymous · Answer

my bad i went ahead a day lol

anonymous · Answer

Lol it's always good to have more savings :P

anonymous · Answer

o ok thx