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document.write( "The sum of the five first terms of a Geom. progression with the 1-st term 3 and common difference 2:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 + 2*3 + 4*3 + 8*3 + 16*3 = 3*(1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16) = 3*31 = 93 in.\r<BR>\n" );
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