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Find S15 for the geometric series 72 + 12 + 2 + 1/3 +

User TilmannZ
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finish the equation. please and thank you

User Bhavesh Patadiya
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Hello,


u_(1)=72\\ u_(2)=(72)/(6)\\ u_(3)=(72)/(6^(2))\\ u_(15)=(72)/(6^(14))\\ s=72*(1+(1)/(6^(1))+(1)/(6^(2))+(1)/(6^(3))++...+(1)/(6^(14)))\\ =72*(((1)/(6^(15))-1)/((1)/(6)-1)})\\ =72*((470184984576-1)/(78364164095*5))\\ =86,400...
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