2007 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 15
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[hide]Problem
The geometric series has a sum of , and the terms involving odd powers of have a sum of . What is ?
Solution 1
The sum of an infinite geometric series is given by where is the first term and is the common ratio.
In this series,
The series with odd powers of is given as
Its sum can be given by
Doing a little algebra
Solution 2
The given series can be decomposed as follows:
Clearly . We obtain that , hence .
Then from we get , and thus .
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