Question

in order to encourage students to show up early to a school dance , the dance comittee decides to charge less for those who come to the dance early. Their plan is to charge the first student to arrive 1 penny. the second student through the door is charged 2 pennies; the third student through the door is charged 3 pennies , and so on. how much money in total would be paid by the first 150 students? create pattern help

Answer 1

It would be $2.25 if each student pays one more penny than the last one the penny count would be up to 150 pennies times the number of student which is 150 so multiply and add your decimal