Karen wanted to measure the height of her school's flagpole. She placed a mirror on the ground 44 ft from the flagpole, and then
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Answer:
4
Step-by-step explanation:
The sum to n terms of a geometric sequence is
=
where a is the first term and r the common ratio
Here r = 5 and a has to be found, thus
=
, so
= 15624
Multiply both sides by 4
15624a = 62496 ( divide both sides by 15624
a = 4