Determine whether the problem should be solved using the formula for an arithmetic sequence, arithmetic series, geometric sequence, or geometric series. Explain your answer in complete sentences. You do not need to solve.

Jackie deposited $5 into a checking account in February. For each month following, the deposit
amount was doubled. How much money was deposited in the checking account in the month of
August?

Question

Determine whether the problem should be solved using the formula for an arithmetic sequence, arithmetic series, geometric sequence, or geometric series. Explain your answer in complete sentences. You do not need to solve.

Jackie deposited $5 into a checking account in February. For each month following, the deposit 
amount was doubled. How much money was deposited in the checking account in the month of 
August?

amistre64 · Answer

its prolly best to just dig into it and start writing a recurrsion for it

amistre64 · Answer

m1 = d
m2 = d+d
m3 = d+d+d+d
m4 = d+d+d+d+d+d+d+d

d  2d  4d  8d  16d  , let d=1 for the time being

1  2  4  8  16  32  64 .... = 2^(n-1)