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http://www.zinsen-berechnen.de/sparrechner.php

 

It is a German-language page.

Sep 18, 2016
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avatar+2489 
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EP what you write here really can’t be true.

 

If it starts at 1 and doubles everyday:

.01 on day 1

. . .

 

If the amount (a penny on day one) doubles everyday how can you have the same amount? It did not double on day one.  (This reminds me of a few crooked bankers).

 

Start with a penny on day “zero.” The decimal counting system starts with zero, not one (1). If you look at it this way, it’s more clear.

            (Expanding the window will align the text and numbers)

                 

                                                                    Comparsion to

Day               2^(day number)                      Total grains (of rice) on a chess board,

                                                                    where the previous square’s amounts are added.

                                                                    Note the first square is square zero.

 

 0                             1                                             1

1                              2                                             3

2                              4                                             7

3                              8                                            15

4                              16                                          31

 . . .                         . . .                                          . . .

28                           268435456                           536870911

29                           536870912                           1073741823

30                           1073741824                         2147483647

 

 

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Sep 18, 2016

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