A Rich Earl And Swamp
A rich earl has become the owner of a piece of land, which to his
dissatisfaction turned out to be nothing more than a big swamp. The earl
wants to get rid of the swamp.
A salesman advises him to use his fast-growing plants which can cover the swamp very quickly. "This plant doubles every day, tomorrow you will have two, the day after tomorrow four, etc. In 80 days, your swamp will be completely covered." The earl reacts: "80 days? This takes far too much time. Then just give me eight of these plants."
Question 1: What did the earl think?
Question 2: And what do you think?
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A salesman advises him to use his fast-growing plants which can cover the swamp very quickly. "This plant doubles every day, tomorrow you will have two, the day after tomorrow four, etc. In 80 days, your swamp will be completely covered." The earl reacts: "80 days? This takes far too much time. Then just give me eight of these plants."
Question 1: What did the earl think?
Question 2: And what do you think?
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