this is because of the degree of the angles and the measurements between the edges. The only reason it may not look the same is because it has been rotated and downsized.
In order to find the value of the sum, you have to apply the geometric series formula, which is:
where i is the starting point, n is the number of terms, a is the first term and r is the common ratio.
The finite geometric series converges to the expression in the right side of the equation. Therefore, you don't need to calculate all the terms. You can use the expression directly.
In this case:
a=40
b= 1.005
n=12 (because the first term is 40 and the last term is 40(1.005)^11 )
This problem can be simply solved by putting everything into fractions. Since there's a total of 50 shirts but 35 of them are medium sized then the fraction would be 35/50. You're trying to find the percentage so the 2nd fraction would be out of 100 so it would be ?/100. 35 ? ---- = ---- 50 100 Now you diagonal multiplication then downwards division. 100 x 35=3500 3500/50=70 So your answer is 70%!! :D Hope this helps a bunch!!!