He should ask for $1 the first day, $1.10 the second day (10% more), $1.21 (10% more) the third day... and mathematical illiteracy for Christmas.
By my calculations that's about $14,000,000,000,000,000.
Not bad for a year.
A lot less. $ 1,283,305,580,313,390
I think that's the payment on day 365, not the year total.
Edit: It is. I just ran the code again, and the payment for day 365 is 1.28331e+15
You are right. I was wrong.
You could. After the Red Clip guy, the Million Dollar Page, and the woman who sold a tattoo on her forehead, this is becoming an old trick. Yet it still works!