SOLUTION: (a)0.5+0.25+0.125+.....+9.765625 using formula (i)

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Question 1208833: (a)0.5+0.25+0.125+.....+9.765625 using formula (i)
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, AnlytcPhil:
Answer by ikleyn(52790)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(a)0.5+0.25+0.125+.....+9.765625 using formula (i)
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Makes no sense.

This writing is nonsensical and anti-mathematical (= is written unprofessionally).

Please do not post nonsense to this forum.



Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I noticed that the decimal you gave 9.765625 when multiplied by 10-4
is indeed an approximation of one of the terms of the series, so maybe you left
off the " x 10-4 ".  I'll assume your problem was supposed to be:  

Find the sum of this series:



using the formula 

We know this is a geometric series with 


But first we must find n, the number of terms, using the formula for the
nth term:







We solve for n by taking the log base 10 of both sides











We round that to 10



So there are n=10 terms in the series:

Using the formula:







 <---ANSWER

So you can see that the sum of the series to 10 terms is 
getting close to 1.

Edwin


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