SOLUTION: Over the course of the last few years, Lisa has made six donations to her public radio station. If the first of the donations was $7.50, and if each subsequent donation was for 4 t

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Question 1024566: Over the course of the last few years, Lisa has made six donations to her public radio station. If the first of the donations was $7.50, and if each subsequent donation was for 4 times the amount of the previous donation, how much has Lisa donated to her public radio station over the last few years?
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Lisa has made six donations to her public radio station.
If the first of the donations was $7.50, and if each subsequent donation was for 4 times the amount of the previous donation, how much has Lisa donated to her public radio station over the last few years?
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$10,237.00
:
Yr; amt donated; total donated
1; 7.5; 7.5
2; 30; 37.5
3; 120; 157.5
4; 480; 637.5
5; 1920; 2557.5
6; 7680; 10237.5