Futurama is an American animated science
fiction comedy series. The series follows the adventures of a late-20th-century
New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who finds employment at Planet
Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the31st century after being
frozen for one thousand years.
ACT ONE
Fry notices that the bank where he
used to have an account has remained in business. He still has his ATM card and
remembers his PIN code.
The account had contained 93 cents in 1999.
After 1,000 years (with an interest at 2.25 % per year) ,
how much money does Fry have in his bank account right now?
how much money does Fry have in his bank account right now?
Write down a guess.
ACT THREE
SEQUEL
- It took 1,000 years to get that much money. How many more years will it take to double it?
- How long will it take him to get a trillion dollars?
Compound interest
