Summing a Geometric Series. A is the first term r is the common ratio between terms n is the number of terms. A ar ar 2.
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Displaystyle n n terms of a geometric series as. So formula for sum of finite terms will be S_n frac a_1 rn-1r-1 for r 1 Thus substituting values we have. Geometric sequence sequence definition. We will explain what this means in more simple terms later on and take a look at.