A doctor earning $5000 a day would earn $150,000 over thirty days. I suppose we assume his earnings are after malpractice premiums are paid. I notice he gets paid seven days a week, and maybe he comes in Sunday, but I think I saw him on the golf course on Wednesday.

For the salesman, we could get a calculator and calculate two to the power of thirty. On his last day he will earn 2 to the twenty ninth, and when you add in the previous days it will be about 2 to the thirtieth power all together. Its more interesting to note that two to the thirtieth is two to the tenth power cubed, and two to the tenth is 1024, or slightly over 1000. Two to the thirtieth is slightly over 1000*1000*1000, or one billion pennies, or ten million dollars.

So the salesman makes more money in theory. In practice he probably paid $300 to get involved in something promising geometrically increasing commissions. I doubt he'll get anything.
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The salesman will make more at the end of 30 days. The doctor will earn $150,000 for the 30 days (5,000 X 30). The salesman will earn......

day 1 .01
day 2 .02
day 3 .04
day 4 .08
day 5 .16
day 6 .32
day 7 .64
day 8 1.28
day 9 2.56
day 10 5.12
day 11 10.28
day 12 20.56
day 13 41.12
day 14 82.24
day 15 164.48
day 16 328.96
day 17 657.92
day 18 1315.84
day 19 2631.68
day 20 5263.36
day 21 10526.72
day 22 21053.44
day 23 42106.88
day 24 84213.76
day 25 168427.52
day 26 336855.04
day 27 673710.08
day 28 1347420.16
day 29 2694840.32
day 30 5389680.64

total $8,379,361.23
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I would rather be the doctor. You can invest the $5000 right off the bat and you do not have to worry about being laid off.
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i think the doctor make more money,how means,a doctor can have any number of patient a day,but a salesman can not be know that,so that i request,doctor earns more money than salesman.
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I know this one! Salesman who doubles the .01 cent everyday!
That adds up really fast!
- DNatureofDTrain
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show me how to double my money everyday buddy
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The doctor will make $150,000 in the month, the salesman will make over $20,000,000 on the last five days of the month

The salesman makes 2.14 million dollars in the 30 days


Source(s):
Wolfram Alpha

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