Problema Solution
If you were given a penny for every second for 1 hour, how much money would you have
Answer provided by our tutors
You would have either $36.00 or $36.01. There are 3600 seconds in an hour, and each penny is worth $.01. The discrepancy comes from whether you are given a penny at the start (0 minutes 0 seconds) and/or at the exact end (1 hour 0 minutes 0 seconds). If both 00:00 and 1:00:00 have a penny given to you, you will get $36.01. If the first penny is given at 00:01 and every second thereafter to 1:00:00, or if the first penny is given at 00:00 and the last penny at 59:59 (and the interval is closed at 1:00:00), then you will get $36.00.