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    A geometric series is a series where each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a fixed ratio. The formula to calculate the sum of a finite geometric series is the first term multiplied by 1 minus the ratio, all over 1 minus the ratio, where the first term is a1, the ratio is r, and the number of terms is n. An infinite geometric series with a ratio r that has an absolute value less than 1 will converge to the sum of the first term divided by 1 minus the ratio.

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    A geometric series is a series where each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a fixed ratio. The formula to calculate the sum of a finite geometric series is the first term multiplied by 1 minus the ratio, all over 1 minus the ratio, where the first term is a1, the ratio is r, and the number of terms is n. An infinite geometric series with a ratio r that has an absolute value less than 1 will converge to the sum of the first term divided by 1 minus the ratio.

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    A geometric series is a series where each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a fixed ratio. The formula to calculate the sum of a finite geometric series is the first term multiplied by 1 minus the ratio, all over 1 minus the ratio, where the first term is a1, the ratio is r, and the number of terms is n. An infinite geometric series with a ratio r that has an absolute value less than 1 will converge to the sum of the first term divided by 1 minus the ratio.

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    Geometric Series

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    A geometric series is a series where each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a fixed ratio. The formula to calculate the sum of a finite geometric series is the first term multiplied by 1 minus the ratio, all over 1 minus the ratio, where the first term is a1, the ratio is r, and the number of terms is n. An infinite geometric series with a ratio r that has an absolute value less than 1 will converge to the sum of the first term divided by 1 minus the ratio.

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    GEOMETRIC

    SERIES
      a geometric series is a series with a
    constant ratio between successive
    terms. For example, the series.
    is geometric, because each successive
    term can be obtained by multiplying the
    previous term by 1/2.
     geometric series is the sum of the

    terms in a geometric sequence. If the


    sequence has a definite number of
    terms, the simple formula for the sum
    is.
     FORMULA : The sum Sn of a finite
    geometric series a1 + a2 + a3 + . . . an is
     a1 is the first term.
     r is the common ratio of the sequence
     n is the # of terms

    a1 (1  r ) n
    Sn 
    1 r
    Example
     Use the formula to evaluate the series 3
    + 6 + 12 + 24 + 48 + 96.
     a1 = , n= ,r=

    a1 (1  r n )
    Sn 
    1 r
    3(1  26 )
    Sn 
    1 2

     189
      189
    1
     Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the
    geometric series if a1=1 and r = 2.

    S8= 1(1−28)
    1−2

    =255
    An infinite geometric series with │r│ < 1
    converges to the sum of

    a1
    S 
    1 r
     Find the sum of the infinite geometric
    sequence
    27,18,12,8,⋯
     First find r: 
     Then find the sum:

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