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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Anyone help me please? What is the sum of an 8-term geometric series if the first term is 15 and the last term is -4,199,040?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i really need help? can you

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The nth term of a geomtric sequence is given by: \[a _{n} = a _{0}r ^{n - 1}\] You know a0 and a8. First find r Then the sum is: \[S = a _{0}(\frac{ 1 - r ^{n} }{ 1 - r })\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont know how to follow this..

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

Let's start with the first part. You need to find r

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

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