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Revision as of 14:48, 26 January 2024

Problem

On Monday Taye has $2. Every day, he either gains $3 or doubles the amount of money he had on the previous day. How many different dollar amounts could Taye have on Thursday, 3 days later?

$\textbf{(A) } 3\qquad\textbf{(B) } 4\qquad\textbf{(C) } 5\qquad\textbf{(D) } 6\qquad\textbf{(E) } 7$

Solution 1 (BRUTE FORCE)

How many values could be on the first day? Only $2$ dollars. The second day, you can either add $3$ dollars, or double, so you can have $5$ dollars, or $4$. For each of these values, you have $2$ values for each. For $5$ dollars, you have $10$ dollars or $8$, and for $4$ dollars, you have $8$ dollars or $$7$. Now, you have $2$ values for each of these. For $10$ dollars, you have $13$ dollars or $20$, for $8$ dollars, you have $16$ dollars or $11$, for $8$ dollars, you have $16$ dollars or $11$, and for $7$ dollars, you have $14$ dollars or $10$.

$$11$ and $$16$ repeat leaving you with $8-2 = \boxed{\textbf{(D)\ 6}}$ different values.

~ cxsmi (minor formatting edits)

Video Solution 1 (easy to digest) by Power Solve

https://youtu.be/16YYti_pDUg?si=5kw0dc_bZwASNiWm&t=121

Video Solution 2 by SpreadTheMathLove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L83DxusGkSY

See Also

2024 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 1
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Problem 3
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