SOLUTION: A disease spread to infect fewer people over time. The total number of people infected was modeled by the following geometric series: 100+60+36+108/5+324/25+... What is the total

Question 1032830: A disease spread to infect fewer people over time. The total number of people infected was modeled by the following geometric series: 100+60+36+108/5+324/25+... What is the total number of people infected in the outbreak?

I know that each number is decreasing by 3/5 of the previous number but I couldnt get an even number of people.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of an infinite geometric series is given by

Here we have
people.
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