SOLUTION: hello pls help solve" S16 for $200+$200(1.06)+$200+(1.06)^2+...

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S16 for $200+$200(1.06)+$200+(1.06)^2+...

Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13208)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


S16 = 200 + 200(1.06) + ... + 200(1.06)^15





Use a calculator....

Note $200*16 = $3200, so your answer should be somewhere around $4000 to $5000; if not, you didn't do the calculation correctly.


Answer by ikleyn(52872)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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S16 = 200 + 200(1.06) + ... + 200(1.06)^15

=                 <<<---<<< notice the degree index in the numerator (!)

= = 5134.506     (approximately)         ANSWER

Solved.

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    - Word problems on geometric progressions
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