Suppose you get a prospective employer to agree to hire your services for wages of a single penny for the first day, 2 pennies for the second day, and double each day thereafter providing the employer keeps to the agreement for a month. What will be your total wages for the month?

Suppose you get a prospective employer to agree to hire your services for wages of a single penny for the first day, 2 pennies for the second day, and double each day thereafter providing the employer keeps to the agreement for a month. What will be your total wages for the month?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter1: Introduction And Vectors

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