Million Bucks or One Dollar?

If you get this offer to either take million bucks, cash, right now. Or take one dollar, that will double every day for the next 3 weeks, Which offer do you like more?

U.S. dollar banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Offer 1

$1,000,000 – there it is, one million dollars. If you don’t spend anything, then after 3 weeks you still have million dollars.

Offer 2

Starts with $1 but then doubles every day for 3 weeks. So what is it after 3 weeks? It is 21 days … so let’s do some math. Of course million in your pocket sounds good, but what would be your dollar worth if it doubles every day for 3 weeks?

DAYAMOUNT
11.00
22.00
34.00
48.00
516.00
632.00
764.00
8128.00
9256.00
10512.00
111,024.00
122,048.00
134,096.00
148,192.00
1516,384.00
1632,768.00
1765,536.00
18131,072.00
19262,144.00
20524,288.00
211,048,576.00

It looks better than 1 million after 3 weeks. If you ever get offer like this, do the math first 😉


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