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Does anyone know how to solve this please ??!

Does anyone know how to solve this please ??!-example-1

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we are given


\sum _(i=1)^3\:\left(4\cdot \left((1)/(2)\right)^(i-1)\right)

now, we can expand it


\sum _(i=1)^3\:\left(4\cdot \left((1)/(2)\right)^(i-1)\right)=(4*((1)/(2) )^(1-1))+(4*((1)/(2) )^(2-1))+(4*((1)/(2) )^(3-1))

now, we can simplify it

we get


\sum _(i=1)^3\:\left(4\cdot \left((1)/(2)\right)^(i-1)\right)=7

option-D.......Answer