Halloween math problem

[Pumpkin56]

Here's one for the Pumpkinheads who like math and numbers. I care for neither. A coworker passed this along to me a few minutes ago:

A vampire moves into a town with 500,000 residents. A vampire can turn two people per month into vampires. How long will it take for the increasing population of vampires to turn the entire town?

It's already making my head hurt, so I quit

[Pumpkin_Man]

Basicaly you're dealing with the powers of 2, so it would go something like this:

month 1 2
month 2 4
month 3 8
month 4 16

You get the gist of it. It's like you get a penny a day, doubled every day for 30 days. You will be seriously rich by the end of the 30 days.

I will guess about 12 months give or take.

Mike

[zoltan hound dracula]

WELL PUMPKIN56,YOU HAVE OUR HEADS SCRATCHING,I SAY 18 MONTHS

[zoltan hound dracula]

RIGHT OK PUMPKIN56,AFTER SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT,WELL 18 MONTHS WAS A GUESS,SO THIS IS HOW IV"E WORKED IT OUT
1 MONTH-3
2 MONTH-9
3 MONTH-27
4 MONTH-81
5 MONTH-243
6 MONTH-729
7 MONTH-2187
8 MONTH-6561
9 MONTH-19683
10 MONTH-59049
11 MONTH-177147
12 MONTH-531441

SO ITS JUST OVER A YEAR PUMPKIN56

[jadewik]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around why the lone vamp would be turning anyone. What about his food supply?

[johnsoneliza52]

My head hurt at "math problem"

[XxTIMOxX]

my neck hurt at vampire :p

[Pumpkin56]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around why the lone vamp would be turning anyone. What about his food supply?

Seriously. Didn't that fool see Daybreakers?

[tantraman]

Basicaly you're dealing with the powers of 2, so it would go something like this:

month 1 2
month 2 4
month 3 8
month 4 16

You get the gist of it. It's like you get a penny a day, doubled every day for 30 days. You will be seriously rich by the end of the 30 days.

I will guess about 12 months give or take.

Mike

like a pyramid scheme LOL

[Pumpkin_Man]

Thats one way to look at it. But mathematical powers are all like that.

Mike