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Can u please help me??

It would be very helpful if u could write down the answer on a piece of paper(50pts)

Can u please help me?? It would be very helpful if u could write down the answer on-example-1

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Answer:

Given GP:

  • tₙ = (1/3)ⁿ⁻¹

We see that:

  • t₁ = 1, r = 1/3

Sum of n terms:

  • Sₙ = t₁(1 - rⁿ)/(1 - r)
  • Sₙ = [1 - (1/3)ⁿ] / (1 - 1/3) = [1 - (1/3)ⁿ] / (2/3) = 3/2 [1 - (1/3)ⁿ]
  • Sₙ = 3/2 [1 - (1/3)ⁿ]
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