Geometric Sequences and Series: Applications
By C Gulliksen
Suppose you went to work for a company that offered to pay you one penny the first day and each day you worked your salary would double. Your work schedule will be 5 days a week for 50 weeks out of a year.
Fill out the chart to represent your daily salary for the first week you work.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| .01 |
Write an equation to model the growth of your salary.
Directions and/or Common Information:
Use your equation to find the money you earned on the indicated day of employment.5th day
20th day
44th day
The end of the 8th week
The end of the 20th week
The end of the 32nd week
The end of the first year
Write an equation to model the series formed by the sequence.
Write in Sigma Notation.
Directions and/or Common Information:
If you save every cent of money you have earned from this job, find the amount of money you would accumulate after each of the following.5 days
20 days
64 days
The end of 8 weeks
The end of 20 weeks
The end of 32 weeks
The end of one year