Question

Your friend asks you to make friendship bracelets and will give you 6 nickels for the first bracelet. You agree to help if she multiplies your payment by 6 for each bracelet completed. After 2 bracelets, you will receive 36 nickels, and after 3 bracelets, you will receive 216 nickels. Complete and solve the equation that finds the number of nickels she will pay you after making the 8th bracelet.

Answer 1

For n=1, the result is 6

for n=2, the result is 36
so it is
an=6ⁿ

8th bracelet is 6⁸=1679616 nickles (about $83980.8)

Answer 2

Answer

6^8

1679616 nickles