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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the sum of the geometric sequence 1, –4, 16, … if there are 7 terms?

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

the 1st term a = 1, the common ratio r= -4 and n = 7 us the formula \[S _{n} = \frac{a (r^n -1)}{r -1}\] substitute and evaluate

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