I went to the blacksmith on sunday and he was closed, however I located him, and asked him if he would shoe my horse.
seeing as though it's sunday he replied I will do it for you but I will have to charge you quite a bit, ok I said how much do you want.
he said I want 1 penny (cent) for the first nail and 2 pennys for the second nail and 4 pennies for the third nail 8 for the fourth and so on, the cost of each nail doubled to the last nail
I thought for a second, ok 7 nails in each shoe, and there are 4 shoes it seemed ok, and I needed it done so I agreed.
the blacksmith continued to shoe the horse
How much was his bill going to cost me?
no tricks in the quesiton above
2006-06-27 13:38:39 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
$2,684,354.55 is the toatl cost.
$.01 1st nail
$.02 2nd nail
$.04 3rd nail
$.08 4th nail
$.16 5th nail
$.32
$.64
$1.28
$2.56
$5.12 10th nail
$10.24
$20.48
$40.96
$81.92
$163.84 15th nail
$327.68
$655.36
$1,310.72
$2,621.44
$5,242.88 20th nail
$10,485.76
$20,971.52
$41,943.04
$83,8886.08
$167,772.16 25th nail
$335,544.32
$671,088.64
$1,342,177.28 28th nail
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$2,684,354.55 total cost
I hope it is a really nice horse for that kind of money!
2006-06-27 14:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 19⤊ 4⤋
$1,642,177.20 for 28 nails
I was asked the same question years ago about saving a penny and doubling it every day at at the end of 30 days it would be over a million. As the number increases exponentially.
2006-06-27 20:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That would be 2 to the power of 27 plus 1.
Lots of pennies (cents).
Similar to the ancient tale of the Chinese bloke who invented chess. wanted from the emperor as payment, a single grain of rice on the first square and then each subsequent square double that of the previous. The emperor thought okay get on with it. But when it came to payment the emperor couldn't afford it so had the guy beheaded instead. poor sod.
2006-06-28 04:41:37 · answer #3 · answered by headcage 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
508 pennies for the four shoes 16p for the 5th nail 32p for the 6th nail and 64p for the 7th nail. Add together and mulitply by 4 = 508 pennies?
2006-06-28 08:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by loopy-lu21 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
268 435 456 pennies
2006-06-27 20:41:41 · answer #5 · answered by DEvLZ_advoc8 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2^28 pennies
2006-06-27 20:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by iamigloo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Too much dude. Just get the horse some addidas and tell him to be grateful!
2006-06-28 12:11:36 · answer #7 · answered by Delgado 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should have offered him one grain of rice on the first square of the chessboard, two on the second, four on the third, eight on the fourth, etc.
2006-06-27 20:45:18 · answer #8 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
508 pennies
2006-06-27 21:49:28 · answer #9 · answered by cashdog137 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
should be (2^28)-1 since it start from 1
answer 268435455
2006-06-27 21:44:19 · answer #10 · answered by petleo67 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
28!
2006-06-27 20:45:41 · answer #11 · answered by Erick Ramirez 1978 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋