Math Gold Medalist

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2024 AMC 8 

Problem 8

On Monday Taye has $2. Every day, he either gains $3 or doubles the amount of money he had on the previous day. How many different dollar amounts could Taye have on Thursday, 3 days later?

$\textbf{(A) } 3\qquad\textbf{(B) } 4\qquad\textbf{(C) } 5\qquad\textbf{(D) } 6\qquad\textbf{(E) } 7$

Writing all Cases

Monday: 2

Tuesday: 4,5

Wednesday: 7,8,10

Thurseday: 10,11,13,14,16,20

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