The sum to infinity of a geometric series with first term is . What is the second term?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: E.

  1. Step 1: , so and .
  2. Step 2: The second term is .
Answer
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Why not the others: is the ratio, not the second term; is , which uses the ratio (that would give a sum to infinity of ); is the first term; is .

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