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Riddle

Pippy_1 — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:25:14 GMT

If you started with one penny and doubled it every day how long would it take for you to become a millionaire?

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Plaid Pants — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:37:14 GMT

Not soon enough!

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dooBdoo — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:38:47 GMT

About a month, if I remember correctly.

It's a standard problem used in probability and statistics classes, but it's been a while since I was a student in those.

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RoughDraft — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:43:46 GMT

Twenty-eight days $1,342,177.28.

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NoelSeven — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:44:02 GMT

About 27 days. Which then doubles to two million the next day.

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Joey Heatherton — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:45:15 GMT

The older I get......the deeper I detest clutter.........accumulating all those pennies would push me over the edge..........so my million bucks would just go to docs & medical institutions........Lol.....so my answer is: NEVER!!.........:-)

Re: Riddle

Pippy_1 — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:45:22 GMT

On 1/6/2015 RoughDraft said:
Twenty-eight days $1,342,177.28.

I love Google.

Cheater!