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  • 07-06-2017
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Find the geometric sum: 40 + 20 + 10 + … + 0.078125

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  • 07-06-2017
[tex]S=40+20+10+\cdots+0.078125[/tex]
[tex]S=40\left(1+\dfrac12+\dfrac14+\cdots+\dfrac1{512}\right)[/tex]
[tex]S=40\left(1+2^{-1}+2^{-2}+\cdots+2^{-9}\right)[/tex]

[tex]2^{-1}S=40\left(2^{-1}+2^{-2}+2^{-3}+\cdots+2^{-10}\right)[/tex]

[tex]\implies S-2^{-1}S=40\left(1-2^{-10}\right)[/tex]
[tex]\implies\dfrac12S=40\left(1-\dfrac1{1024}\right)[/tex]
[tex]\implies S=80\left(1-\dfrac1{1024}\right)=\dfrac{5115}{64}=79.921875[/tex]
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