What is a logarithm? if your employer asked you to select one of these options: option 1: your salary for the next two months will be $5,000. option 2: 1 penny for the first day; then, he will double your salary every day for the next two months. which would you pick and how much will your salary be at the end of the first month?

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Ethan Ponce

12 November, 19:49

What is a logarithm? if your employer asked you to select one of these options: option 1: your salary for the next two months will be $5,000. option 2: 1 penny for the first day; then, he will double your salary every day for the next two months. which would you pick and how much will your salary be at the end of the first month?

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Madeline Coleman · Answer 1

Take option 2.

Let n=2^30

Then:

ln n=ln 2^30=30 ln 2

ln n=20.8

n=e^20.8, or 1,073,741,824

1073741824 x. 01=$10,737,418.24 due in salary at the end of the first month!