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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the 6th partial sum of

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}7(4)^{i=1}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@perl @agent0smith

OpenStudy (inkyvoyd):

this is pretty simple - just add up the first 6 terms.

OpenStudy (inkyvoyd):

if you don't want to do that, use the formula for geometric series.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats the formula?

OpenStudy (inkyvoyd):

\(\Huge a\frac{1-r^n}{1-r}\) a the start term, r is the common ratio

OpenStudy (inkyvoyd):

the thing you NEED to note is your indexing.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and is n the amount a terms?

OpenStudy (perl):

is that i -1

OpenStudy (perl):

|dw:1388895639079:dw|

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