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Geometric
Geometric
Example 2
Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the geometric sequence:
2, 6, 18, 54 …
Step 1.
Determine
a
1
, r
and
n
.
,
and
Step 2.
To find the series,
s
ubstitute and solve.
, 
and 
, and , and