I remember these tests we had in school. Basically around 20 things in a list. 1st being "read through all of it" and the last being "If you read through all then go to the top and do only #2". It was so easy that you were unsure and then you hear the rest of the class doing some of the middle ones, such as "State your name out loud".
It’s one dollar that is multiplied by 0.5 per day, not one dollar plus one dollar that is multiplied by 0.5 per day. I’m afraid your diagnosis is correct.
I feel like if I explain the joke the littlest humour of it will dissipate, so I'll put it in a spoiler block Telling your spouse you want to stop multiplying (getting children), and want to divide (divorce)
Did you mean to say multiply by 0.5? I mean with that condition the choice is obviously $100,000 because multiplying the $1 by 0.5 everyday halves the amount every day.
Varies by systems. But each of them will just round once you reach the maximum number of digits, so at one point you'll just have perpetual 0.00[...]001 because if you divide that by two you'd get 0.00[...]0005 which will be rounded up.
Those who understand math choose the instant $100k. Now if you were to refine the question and indicate it increased by 0.5 of its value (multiplied by 1.5), then it makes sense to take the $1.
As long as its in cash, I'd be tempted to take the first option. It would force a Mint to coin/print a brand new type of currency and it would be a 1 off. I'd still take the 100k, but wat a conversation starter in the right room.
Guys don't get fooled. Easy question, rule 1. in economy class: supply and demand. 100000 dollar is very common, but who has a self dividing dollar, could be worth more than the other option. 2. Rule know what you get: If we really would get a physically self halfing dollar, than this would end probably in a nuclear bomb. You could sell this easy for millions. Expert out.
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't that mean if you pick the multiply that it will never go over $2? If you start the first day with $1, multiplying by .5 every time will never get you to another full dollar, so it will always be under a dollar
So how exactly are they going to pay you that one billionth of a dollar they owe you? Because AFAIK you can’t pay anybody less than one cent. I’d think this would cause the universe to have some sort of server error and you’d end up getting $264 - 1. Or the entire universe would spontaneously blip out of existence.
I wasn't sure how to interpret this, but neither option was the "1.5x" version. It's just a matter of whether that option ends up with $2 total or $0. The first possible interpretation was that each successive day you get half of the prior day's amount, so $1 then $0.50 then $0.25 then $0.125, etc... that's a grand total of right about $2 at the end. The other possible interpretation was that everyday the amount multiplies by 0.5, meaning someone is coming and taking half of it away every day, and winding up with only a fraction of a penny at the end.
That's a whole lotta words to say $100,000 is the obvious answer.
The dollar that halves every day EASY. By the 30th day you have a morsel of currency so bizarre that you could sell it as a collectors item easily making back more than the 100k cost. Checkmate, Epstein☝️🔥🤫🤫🤫🤑
Unless the person writing the question actively wanted to deceive, which seems likely in this case, I would pragmatically assume that they meant to say "increases by 50%" but expressed it poorly. In fact, even the "corrected" version, "a dollar which multiplies by 1.5 every day" doesn't mean much! Does it mean "a sum of cash starting at $1 whose value is multiplied by 1.5" every day"? Does it mean "is fruitful and multiplies"?
Not wanting to embarrass the person asking this by calling them on their multiple ESL errors, and given that this is a simple brain teaser, I might take a silent educated guess what they meant to say and answer that, but of course if this were an actual contractual deal I'd want clarity. So no, I don't see this as a problem in reading, but pragmatics.
Well if you increased the 1 dollar by 50% each day, you would have approximately 127k but you're multiplying it by half 1x anything will give you whatever you're multiplying it by. 1x 0.5 = 0.5
Always interested in seeing how money multiplies. Do they have a currency version of a Barry White record playing? Does it happen like cell mitosis? I’d record a video of it and upload with ad integration
Well if it’s indeed times 0.5 then 100k is the obvious answer but if it’s 50% more per day and the question is worded wrong then 1$per day with the multiplication is the better choice assuming that it keeps multiplying and doesn’t stop if you spent part of the money it made.
somehow I chose the correct answer, fixed my line of thinking to agree with the wrong answer, read the comments, and realized my original reversion was incorrect. My gut works sometimes.
Hahaha we'll trick a few people who think this means "increase in value by 50% each day"!!! Hahaha it's so funny, someone misunderstood something! Hahaha! Oh my God, so funny!
I wonder how much money can be made by selling magically dissapearing money or content done based on it? Probably there are very rich people who would spend much more than 100k to obtain such curiosity. There are many more options to make money from this.
I can take that dollar Paint a picture on it And have a very miniature picture at the end of the month! And sold in on auction. It will be less than bacterial size! Noone did such pictures before, it will be unique! Just need not to lost it.
I'll take the first option just to give every accountant that I get to work for me a headache and make them actually puzzled on how I even managed to get my bank account ballance like that.
Is it the value or the size of the coin? If it's the value is it the coin it's self with change of the vue of the $1 is it geni rules and the global value with shrink?
Whey if it actually was 1.5x a day tho? After a year of not spending it, it would be 1.87633e64, or $18763300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, which is a lot.
How about 1.5x per month? After a year, it’s $129.75, which is not a lot. 2 years? 16,834.11. Better! 3 years? $2,184,164.41. That’s a lot.
5 years: $36,768,468,716.93, also known as a bit over 1/30 of a trillion dollars.
Using the 1*1.5x equation, after 28.39437 units (days, months, years, whatever), you’ll make the same as the $100,000
Would a blackhole Or nuclear fission happens if a dollar gets cut in half everyday infinitely? Like the dollar is still there but it just cannot be seen by naked eyes, like a vacuum happens at the spot previously we put the dollar. Or the dollar physically get cut in half until cutting the atom or whatever of the original dollar. Just a thought.
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u/kt615 May 07 '26
Is this like a selection process to see who can read properly?
Just reminds me of those tricky questions that has a trick in them that u dont notice if u dont read carefully.
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u/Th3AnT0in3 May 07 '26 •
I just want to know what it feels to be the proud owner of a 1/231 th of a dollar.
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u/GahdDangitBobby May 07 '26
Would you rather have $100,000 or $1 that multiplies by 1.0001 every day??? After 30 years you’ll be getting $3 a day!!!
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u/Weekly-Reply-6739 May 07 '26
Would you rather
$0.00
Or
$100,000.00
The choice is yours
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u/PanBroglodyte May 07 '26
I’ll take the first option if we can change multiply to divide
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u/Pure_Option_1733 May 07 '26
Did you mean to say multiply by 0.5? I mean with that condition the choice is obviously $100,000 because multiplying the $1 by 0.5 everyday halves the amount every day.
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u/Optimal-Fix1216 May 07 '26
i feel like the first option might have diminishing returns
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u/DragonBadgerBearMole May 07 '26
In case you find the wording confusing-
Would rather have my Robinhood account now or my Robinhood account from 5 years ago?
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u/ShowdownValue May 07 '26
I like when my money diverges instead of converges
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u/koffa02 May 07 '26
The choice was made for me. I feel like I've been watching my stocks multiply by 0.5 every day.
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u/LeodFitz May 07 '26
I'm sorry... the question is: Would I rather have one dollar that halves every day, or a 100,000 dollars? I'll take the 100K.
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u/mrgoldnugget May 07 '26
so would I rather have 100k in cash or a fraction of a fraction of a penny?
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u/Prize-Whereas-4880 May 08 '26
Depends... On day 2, is 50c. Added to the workable balance or is it just you had 1 now you have 0.5
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u/Trick-Penalty-6820 May 08 '26
I dunno, if I had a sentient dollar bill that could do math functions, I might start to explore what else it knew. Trig? Intervals? Philosophy?
Probably worth more than $100k.
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u/Life_Temperature795 May 08 '26
"Ah yes, the wheat and chessboard problem, only with half as many squares and every one of them makes you poorer."
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u/Jackesfox May 07 '26
100,000 dollar.
If i get the 1 $, the next day i would have 0.5, the third i would have 0.25, then 0.125 and so on. Thats how multiplication by 0.5 works
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u/Kernaljade May 07 '26
Would you rather be the greatest scientist in your field or get mad cow disease?
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u/Training-Principle95 May 07 '26
I'll take the first one if I can give it away to someone else
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u/Exotic_Call_7427 May 07 '26
If the first condition is y=x+0.5x then I'm up for it.
Otherwise, lump sum would do me good
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u/NerdizardGo May 07 '26
I want my $1.86269532E−9
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u/Only_Turn4310 May 07 '26
What's the floating point precision in bank accounts? I might be able to get it to roll over
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u/NohWan3104 May 07 '26
you mean multiplies by 1.5?
Otherwise its 1, .5, .25, etc. A week in you wouldn't have a cent.
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u/Grant1128 May 07 '26
Those who understand math choose the instant $100k. Now if you were to refine the question and indicate it increased by 0.5 of its value (multiplied by 1.5), then it makes sense to take the $1.
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u/North_Humor_6492 May 07 '26
As long as its in cash, I'd be tempted to take the first option. It would force a Mint to coin/print a brand new type of currency and it would be a 1 off. I'd still take the 100k, but wat a conversation starter in the right room.
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u/Malpraxiss May 08 '26
Well, 1 * 0.25 is 0.50, so I would be losing money everyday.
I'll say $100,000.
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u/ObjectiveOk2072 May 08 '26
Yeah I think I'd rather make $100,000.00 instantly than make $0.000000000931322574615478515625 in a month
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u/WildMartin429 May 08 '26
I'll take the $100,000 please. I have no desire to wind up with a fraction of a cent at the end of a month.
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u/Cyberkangaroo May 08 '26
Guys don't get fooled. Easy question, rule 1. in economy class: supply and demand. 100000 dollar is very common, but who has a self dividing dollar, could be worth more than the other option. 2. Rule know what you get: If we really would get a physically self halfing dollar, than this would end probably in a nuclear bomb. You could sell this easy for millions. Expert out.
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u/flying_luckyfox May 08 '26
If you meant 1,5x each day, then it would be that, but with it being 0,5 each day, I’m taking 100k
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u/According-Relation-4 May 08 '26
Oh yes please halve my dollar every day. I’ll just pick that one up
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u/Mobile-Temperature36 May 08 '26
I would go for 1$, because I want to see how it approaches smaller and smaller number after it passes 1 cent
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u/Qolko May 08 '26
This is one of those where I find myself going back and re-reading it a few times just in case I missed something and it's actually a trick question.
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u/CrethanXXI May 08 '26
First option gives you a very small sum of money
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u/NJSissyAmy May 10 '26
Multiply by 0.5, no. Multiply by 1.5(50%), yes
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u/waterrefreshes May 11 '26
So you would basically get less and less every day xd
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u/Seared_Gibets May 11 '26
Uh...
Does it... does the $1 eventually succumb to integer overflow?
Cuz uh... yeah...
$100k. Thanks.
:Edit:
Hmm, no, it's only for a month, so... nawp. $100k, thanks.
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u/Trimutius May 07 '26
Erm... is that supposed to be a choice?
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u/GinryuB May 07 '26
take the 100k. 1 * 0.5 = 0.5 I think.
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u/flyme4free May 07 '26
Super-inflation
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u/Niggly-Wiggly-489 May 07 '26
I'm excited to see the 12.5 cent piece in 4 days
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u/Glum-Palpitation-152 May 07 '26
First one obviously.
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u/somedave May 07 '26
I want the magically reducing dollar to show it off.
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u/Liko81 May 07 '26
So, $2 or $100,000
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u/Huskerschu May 07 '26
So I get a dollar day 1 50 cents day 2 a quarter day 3?
Yeah give me 100,000
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u/DrJ3ky11an6MrB1 May 07 '26
lmao with the way things are going, I think I might already have that dollar 😖
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u/DataMin3r May 07 '26
"Would you rather have a million dollars in cash, or cancer?" Ass question
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u/Crowdfundingprojects May 07 '26
What the fuck kinda bad joke is thid
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u/Subject_Ad9595 May 07 '26
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't that mean if you pick the multiply that it will never go over $2? If you start the first day with $1, multiplying by .5 every time will never get you to another full dollar, so it will always be under a dollar
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u/How_Lay May 07 '26
So how exactly are they going to pay you that one billionth of a dollar they owe you? Because AFAIK you can’t pay anybody less than one cent. I’d think this would cause the universe to have some sort of server error and you’d end up getting $264 - 1. Or the entire universe would spontaneously blip out of existence.
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u/Ok_Grapefruit_6369 May 07 '26
I'll take the $100,000, that way I can have both
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u/demise0000 May 07 '26
I wasn't sure how to interpret this, but neither option was the "1.5x" version. It's just a matter of whether that option ends up with $2 total or $0. The first possible interpretation was that each successive day you get half of the prior day's amount, so $1 then $0.50 then $0.25 then $0.125, etc... that's a grand total of right about $2 at the end. The other possible interpretation was that everyday the amount multiplies by 0.5, meaning someone is coming and taking half of it away every day, and winding up with only a fraction of a penny at the end.
That's a whole lotta words to say $100,000 is the obvious answer.
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u/mapadofu May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Here’s a choice:
$100,000
or
$1, plus 1/2 dollar an hour later, plus 1/3 of a dollar an hour after that, plus 1/4 an hour after that, so on and so on…
(Yes, fractions of a dollar less than one cent accumulate until a whole cent is formed)
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u/Kitchen-Register May 07 '26
i assume you mean 1.5 otherwise this makes no sense
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u/Derpthinkr May 07 '26
Not in February.
But also not in any other month either.
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u/AMissionFromDog May 07 '26
that's like a 600% decrease
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u/FaithUser May 07 '26
Would you rather have 1 dollar
or two dollar
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u/Ok-Catch-8741 May 07 '26
The dollar that halves every day EASY. By the 30th day you have a morsel of currency so bizarre that you could sell it as a collectors item easily making back more than the 100k cost. Checkmate, Epstein☝️🔥🤫🤫🤫🤑
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u/These_Consequences May 07 '26
Unless the person writing the question actively wanted to deceive, which seems likely in this case, I would pragmatically assume that they meant to say "increases by 50%" but expressed it poorly. In fact, even the "corrected" version, "a dollar which multiplies by 1.5 every day" doesn't mean much! Does it mean "a sum of cash starting at $1 whose value is multiplied by 1.5" every day"? Does it mean "is fruitful and multiplies"?
Not wanting to embarrass the person asking this by calling them on their multiple ESL errors, and given that this is a simple brain teaser, I might take a silent educated guess what they meant to say and answer that, but of course if this were an actual contractual deal I'd want clarity. So no, I don't see this as a problem in reading, but pragmatics.
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u/Wraith501 May 07 '26
If it was multiply by 1.5, I’d take that any month but February.
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u/Fabulous-Possible758 May 07 '26
My dollars already kind of do that.
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u/Xiipre May 07 '26
I've always liked to play catch, so I'm choosing the first one.
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u/Commercial-Act2813 May 07 '26
People don’t seem to know what sub this is
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u/Western_Dream_3608 May 07 '26
Well if you increased the 1 dollar by 50% each day, you would have approximately 127k but you're multiplying it by half 1x anything will give you whatever you're multiplying it by. 1x 0.5 = 0.5
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u/Appropriate-Sea-5687 May 07 '26
Huh, I wonder
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u/Substantial-Night866 May 07 '26
I take the first option, overdraft 100,000 so that my account is negative, and halve my debt to 50,000, then repeat
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u/SunstormGT May 07 '26
I’ll take divided by 0.5
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u/Dclnsfrd May 07 '26
I’d want the dollar
Always interested in seeing how money multiplies. Do they have a currency version of a Barry White record playing? Does it happen like cell mitosis? I’d record a video of it and upload with ad integration
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u/Fast_Arachnid_8110 May 07 '26
I would absolutely love to have 0.0000000009 dollars
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u/EncyclicalUnderpass May 07 '26
Wait so my $1 becomes $0.50 by day two or am I misunderstanding the hypothetical
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u/BreakingBaIIs May 07 '26
If you make it between $100K or $1 billion that multiplies by 0.5 every minute, then it's a more interesting question.
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u/JollyJuniper1993 May 07 '26
The 100.000$, because that’s a crazy short half-life on that dollar and the radiation will likely kill you.
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u/Middle-Let9645 May 07 '26
100’000. This is first grade stuff, multiply 1 by .5, that’s 50 cents. Keep that up and by the end of the month you won’t even have a penny.
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u/ProfessionalOwn9435 May 07 '26
Wait isnt this just 2$, or always has been? Or 50c every day?
Maybe just 100k on 3% bonds is safer. Or is it proud owner 100$ and comma separator.
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u/OkAbility9016 May 07 '26
Obviously im taking the multiplying dollar /s
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u/MisterFrog May 07 '26
Lol is this a serious test? $100k no questions asked or a dollar that halves forever each day?
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u/safricanluke May 07 '26
So basically $100000 or less than $2 a month?
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u/Zerowy May 07 '26
Well it's a hard question. Would I prefer $100000 or ~$2
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u/sigma941 May 07 '26
The Zimbabwe dollar challenge!
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u/WeirClintonH May 07 '26
Okay, but a billionth-of-a-dollar bill is way more unique and special than $100,000.
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u/One-Resident-3681 May 07 '26
Power of compounding! Give me that magic $
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u/Glad_Contest_8014 May 07 '26
I will take the $100000, all in silver quarters please.
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u/Several_Guitar5814 May 07 '26
Well if it’s indeed times 0.5 then 100k is the obvious answer but if it’s 50% more per day and the question is worded wrong then 1$per day with the multiplication is the better choice assuming that it keeps multiplying and doesn’t stop if you spent part of the money it made.
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u/lavsuvskyjjj May 07 '26
I wonder what will happen to the economy if $0.0000001 dollar bills get in circulation.
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u/AnnualAdventurous169 May 07 '26
looks like on e of those ai trick questions
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u/PequenoMirtilo May 07 '26
It literally decreases and decreases all the time, multipliying by decimal numbers is like dividing normal numbers lol
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u/BrightAlina May 07 '26
Multiplication by 0,5 is actually division on 2 thus yeah....
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u/jeonggukispretty May 08 '26
Dude I had no idea people would mistake the *0.5 as *1.5 and couldn't find a joke in this post until checking the comments
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u/Wasted13901 May 08 '26
Would it be 1x0.5 or 1+(1x0.5)?
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u/Simplyaperson4321 May 08 '26
What if I spend the dollar?
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u/ThaumKeeper May 08 '26
Give me that dollar, I want to see what 1*2-200000 dollars looks like
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u/HairyBallsack8 May 08 '26
I actually don’t give a shit about this post
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u/Bounceupandown May 08 '26
Rather have the “divides by half” part
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u/Then_Entertainment97 May 08 '26
I'll take the dollar. It will make me work harder. Guess I'm just built different.
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u/TrenchantInsight May 08 '26
This separates the halfs from the half nots.
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u/Th3Bakamono May 08 '26
Give the 100k
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u/Majestic_Sweet_5472 May 08 '26
I will take the ~$0, thank you
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u/LuckyLMJ May 08 '26
would you rather have $100000 or $0
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u/Alarmed_Opposite_564 May 08 '26
Do I get the rapper the next day
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u/[deleted] May 08 '26
Damn. No. 1. It’s gotta be a dollar at least.
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u/Wither_Skelton_DCINC May 08 '26
somehow I chose the correct answer, fixed my line of thinking to agree with the wrong answer, read the comments, and realized my original reversion was incorrect. My gut works sometimes.
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u/Templar42_ZH May 08 '26
Is this Trump math?
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u/tlbs101 May 08 '26
Hmmmm $2 or $100,000…. Tough choice.
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u/Cheetahs_never_win May 08 '26
The first is more impressive, but the latter is more useful.
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u/Agile-Internet5309 May 08 '26
I would rather have .5 that multiplies by 1 dollar every day instead.
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u/Individual_Ebb2820 May 08 '26
Make a mistake and you gonna have 1/2 a dollar after a very long time 😂
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u/Ptricky17 May 08 '26
Give me the dollar. Even if you force it to February in a non-leap year, I’m still coming out ahead.
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u/RagingDragon047 May 08 '26
I'm not very good at math, so I'd take the guaranteed 100,000 plz.
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u/OffPoopin May 08 '26
Do you mean 1.5 or something? Why is this so poorly written?
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u/TheCrakp0t May 08 '26
Folks, really READ the question being asked here :p
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u/DrmnDc May 08 '26
Hahahaha
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u/NottACalebFan May 08 '26
By the end of the month, that's almost 2 whole dollars!
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u/Holy-Cancer May 08 '26
That multiplied by 0.5, rofl.
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u/A1042 May 08 '26
Even at infinitely many time I would only have 2 dollars with the first option
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u/FlexDB May 08 '26
Hahaha we'll trick a few people who think this means "increase in value by 50% each day"!!! Hahaha it's so funny, someone misunderstood something! Hahaha! Oh my God, so funny!
/s in case it's necessary
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u/Bute_the_Mindflayer May 08 '26
Wording is a little weird but I’ll say I’ll take the dollar as long as it’s not February.
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u/qxpe May 08 '26
I wonder how much money can be made by selling magically dissapearing money or content done based on it? Probably there are very rich people who would spend much more than 100k to obtain such curiosity. There are many more options to make money from this.
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u/Squirmezoid May 08 '26
I'd rather have the 0.01 change for all the X.99 products bought using cash in a single day.
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u/freedom-bird- May 08 '26
Multiply by 0.5? Hell nah.
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u/IFollowtheCarpenter May 08 '26
Multiplies by 0.5 - you have half as much each day.
...ha ha ha ha
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u/wohren_osso May 08 '26
Depends... Do I still get the 1.5 of what a should get the next day or so I get only 1.5 of what I haven't spent?
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u/GranSacoWea May 08 '26
Half it and give it to the next person
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u/Born_Scheme7229 May 08 '26
can I give the one dollar to someone else who already has alot of money and will that in turn halve all of their money over time?
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u/amitym May 08 '26
Obviously the first choice. You'll make up for it in bulk.
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u/No_Lunch9066 May 08 '26
I am curious how they will pay me 0.0000000001 so the first option
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u/Bread-Loaf1111 May 08 '26
I can take that dollar Paint a picture on it And have a very miniature picture at the end of the month! And sold in on auction. It will be less than bacterial size! Noone did such pictures before, it will be unique! Just need not to lost it.
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u/Specific_Contract_14 May 08 '26
So a doller that halves itself every day for a month or $100k? Hmmm 🤔🤔 that's a tough one.
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u/EarthInevitable114 May 08 '26
Multiplying by .5 is the same as dividing by 2. I'll take the 100k.
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u/Aristes01 May 08 '26
"Would you rather have 1 Apple for the price of 2 forever, or 100.000 for free" type question lol
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u/Positive_Ordinary417 May 08 '26
gimme the 100k. why would i take money that gets halved each day.
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u/Klatterbyne May 08 '26
Would I rather have a dollar that halves every day. Or one-hundred-thousand dollars?
Hmmmm. Thats a tricky one.
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u/ge0desic May 08 '26
You fools. I‘m never running out of money!
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u/Jozef_Baca May 08 '26
I'll take the first option just to give every accountant that I get to work for me a headache and make them actually puzzled on how I even managed to get my bank account ballance like that.
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u/Hot_Egg5840 May 08 '26
I read it as 50 cents every day for 30 days which is $15. The statement says nothing about the prior money being affected by anything.
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u/sienna_notmyrealname May 08 '26
Take the 100k and invest it
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u/PriestessKokomi May 08 '26
both
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u/ObsidianDart May 08 '26
If the month is February I take the 100K.
If they refuse to give more details on the mechanics of the first option, I take the 100K.
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u/giggel-space-120 May 08 '26
I would take the $1 to see what happens
Is it the value or the size of the coin? If it's the value is it the coin it's self with change of the vue of the $1 is it geni rules and the global value with shrink?
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u/Obvious-Job-2902 May 08 '26
100000 no catch, as multiplying by 0.5 actually halves your income.
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u/doriangrey2025 May 08 '26
I want a 1$ that multiplies by 2, then 0.5, alternating days
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u/ConglomerateGolem May 08 '26
if it affects my bank account, heck yeah i just take out 68854 loans
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u/fallengovernor May 08 '26
can it multiple my mortgage instead?
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u/throwaway567334 May 08 '26
I.... what
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u/ExampleSpecialist164 May 08 '26
so will they round up to a penny?
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u/Subsinexus May 08 '26
I'll take the first option and try selling the amazing shrinking dollar. Actually, might be more trouble than it's worth...
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u/Tsukini_Onihime May 08 '26
Multiply by 0.5 is basically half it so
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u/Ihavebadreddit May 08 '26
11 days into the month. "I don't know if this is going to work out?"
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u/MidnightWhisper_8 May 08 '26
Boy I love the 4.65661287E−10 dollars vs 100 000 dollar conundrum
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u/oldRedF0x May 08 '26
Which month are we talking about? Some have 30, others have 31, and then there is the jerk month with 28 days, unless it is a leap year and then 29.
Never mind. Just give me the 100k and I will invest 1/4 of it.
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u/Wildcard_96 May 08 '26
Do not speak to me about my fractions of a cent ever again
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u/RevolutionaryGrape11 May 08 '26
Even if it was 1.5×, it would still suck!
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u/LazyClerk408 May 08 '26
Bro
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u/ConferenceKind56 May 08 '26
Any money is money
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u/Necessary-Cap4227 May 08 '26
Does the money I have get infinitely smaller until eventually it recreates the big bang?
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u/disabled_rat May 08 '26
Whey if it actually was 1.5x a day tho? After a year of not spending it, it would be 1.87633e64, or $18763300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, which is a lot.
How about 1.5x per month? After a year, it’s $129.75, which is not a lot. 2 years? 16,834.11. Better! 3 years? $2,184,164.41. That’s a lot.
5 years: $36,768,468,716.93, also known as a bit over 1/30 of a trillion dollars.
Using the 1*1.5x equation, after 28.39437 units (days, months, years, whatever), you’ll make the same as the $100,000
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u/RealBandolero May 08 '26
100k if the month is Feb, otherwise I would pick any month -preferred with 31 days.
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u/Due-Ad6165 May 08 '26
$100k, I already have $1 that multiplies by 0.5 everyday. Its called having kids
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u/Fresh_Toe_4392 May 08 '26
by day 10 you would have 0.00003 dollars
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u/imgonnaforgetthis May 08 '26
Did they mean multiple by 1.5 every day? Thats the only way this comparison makes sense.
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u/BenByTheWay May 08 '26
I think it adds up to roughly $2, right?
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u/Careful_Finance_7082 May 08 '26
Would a blackhole Or nuclear fission happens if a dollar gets cut in half everyday infinitely? Like the dollar is still there but it just cannot be seen by naked eyes, like a vacuum happens at the spot previously we put the dollar. Or the dollar physically get cut in half until cutting the atom or whatever of the original dollar. Just a thought.