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Problem
The sum to infinity of $\frac{1}{7}\plus{}\frac {2}{7^2}\plus{}\frac{1}{7^3}\plus{}\frac{2}{7^4}\plus{}...$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) is:
Solution
Note that this is . Using the formula for a geometric series, we find that this is
See Also
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