Question 764513
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nth term is given is 3^-n or 1/3^n. So the first term is 1/3, the second is 1/3^2
and so on.

The series is: 1/3,1/9,1/27... to infinity.

It is an infinite geometric progression with 1st term a as 1/3 and the common 
ratio r as 1/3.

The formula for the sum to infinity of such a progression is given by
S = a / (1 - r) (I'm not including the proof for this here)

So here it is {{{(1/3) / (1 - 1/3) = (1/3)/(2/3) = 1/2}}}


The answer is {{{highlight(1/2)}}}

:)
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