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Who wants to be a millionaire 1 January 25, 2016 Who Wants to be a Millionaire You are sitting in mathematics class, and the famous billionaire, Bill Buffett Jobs, offers you the job of a lifetime. You would only need to work for one month (30 days) and could become a millionaire. But there is a catch! He offers you three payment options and to show yourself worthy, you must pick the option and explain your choice. Options Option 1: You earn $1,000,000, evenly distributed over a thirty day period. Option 2: You earn one dollar the first day, two dollars the second, and double your salary each day for thirty days. Option 3: You earn $3,000 the first day, then for each following day an additional $3,000 will be added to the previous day’s salary for the 30 days.

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Who wants to be a millionaire 

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January 25, 2016

Who Wants to be a Millionaire

You are sitting in mathematics class, and the famous billionaire, Bill Buffett Jobs, offers you the job of a lifetime.  You would only need to work for one month (30 days) and could become a millionaire.  But there is a catch!  He offers you three payment options and to show yourself worthy, you must pick the option and explain your choice.

OptionsOption 1:  You earn $1,000,000, evenly distributed over a thirty day period.

Option 2:  You earn one dollar the first day, two dollars the second, and double your salary each day for thirty days.

Option 3:  You earn $3,000 the first day, then for each following day an additional $3,000 will be added to the previous day’s salary for the 30 days.

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Who wants to be a millionaire 

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2.  Complete the following tables for each of the 3 options.

3. Write an equation for both option 1 and option 3:

Option 1:________________________                          Option 3:________________________

4.  Does option 2 seem to follow a linear model? Explain. 

6.  Graph the three options in the same plane.  Use a domain of [0,21] for the entire month.