Two salary options are given to students working on an after-school project. Option 1: The students receive $3 on the first day. Each day after that, the students are paid $2 more than the previous day’s payment.

Option 2: The students receive $0.05 on the first day. Each day after that, the students are paid double the previous days’ payment.

Choose the explicit rule for
, the term that describes the payment the students would earn on the nth day under each option.

Option 1: