1 Dirahm or 1 Million QR---- Which is more?

qtrthr
By qtrthr

Which is more: being given one million riyal, or one dirham the first day, double that dirham the next day, then double the previous day's dirhams and so on for a month?

By bleu• 24 Aug 2008 17:13
bleu

The chessboard one is the original (very old) riddle, 2^64-1 = 18446744073709551614

By nazek• 24 Aug 2008 09:54
nazek

i hate maths

By Absolutejaguar• 24 Aug 2008 09:22
Rating: 4/5
Absolutejaguar

There is a similar trick with a chess board.

A man does a very heroic deed and the king wants to repay him, he offers him diamonds, Jewels or land.

But the man refuses and says I would like you to place 1 gold coin on the first square of the chess board, 2 on the second square, 4 or the third etc. So the king sends for a chess board and a bag of gold from his cellars.

Soon the bag is empty and the king sends for more gold.

Even with all the gold in his land the king cannot fill the chess board.

By qtrthr• 24 Aug 2008 00:45
qtrthr

Congrats to bleu and panda.It is really amazing how it multiples in just 30 days.

Hi folks be careful with loan and other multiples we may be caught up in the middle

By bleu• 24 Aug 2008 00:10
Rating: 5/5
bleu

Isn't it 2^30 - 1 dirhams

1 day = 1 = 2^1-1

2 days = 1+2 = 2^2-1

...etc.

so it's 10737418.23 , more than 10 million QR.

p.s. I like math.

By UniqueShaik• 23 Aug 2008 20:38
Rating: 5/5
UniqueShaik

off course the 30 month course gives more money.

calculate for yourself.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, Cry and you cry alone...

By sentibhim• 23 Aug 2008 18:55
sentibhim

Pand u got million dhirams,though u can not forget 1 dhs.why u add this there?

"Drink Beer Save Water"

By QT• 23 Aug 2008 18:51
QT

if its a 30 day month!

...nonetheless, i think the joke is on us, i.e. those that took the time to work it out

By panda• 23 Aug 2008 18:46
Rating: 4/5
panda

2^30 = 1073741824 dirhams = 10737418.24 QR > 1MQR

By sentibhim• 23 Aug 2008 18:40
sentibhim

Damn math is my families enemy

"Drink Beer Save Water"

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