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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

use geometric series formula

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I did the whole process for this but wound up getting a different answer than what was in the options.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

Okay, whats your first term ? whats your common ratio ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first term is -4 common ratio is -6

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats right !

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

check it with wolfram : http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=-4%281-%28-6%29%5E8%29%2F%281-%28-6%29%29

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

Did you also get `959780` ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well I got 3839122.28571 but I probably messed up doing all of the steps on paper:,)lol That's a cool website!

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