SOLUTION: Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 8+8/3+8/9+8/27....

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Question 375017: Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 8+8/3+8/9+8/27....
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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8+8/3+8/9+8/27...=8(1+1/3+1/9+1/27+...)=8+8(1/3+1/9+1/27+...)
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S=8%2B8%2Asum%28%281%2F3%29%5Ei%2Ci=1%2Cinfinity%29
S=8%2B8%2A%28%281%2F3%29%2F%281-1%2F3%29%29
S=8%2B8%28%281%2F3%29%2F%282%2F3%29%29
S=8%2B8%2A%281%2F2%29
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