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An Arithmetic Geometric Sequence

 Published on Saturday, 7th March 2009, 05:00 am and solved by 5952
Difficulty: Level 10 [28%]

Problem 235

Given is the arithmetic-geometric sequence $u(k) = (900-3k)r^{k - 1}$.
Let $s(n) = \sum_{k = 1}^n u(k)$.

Find the value of $r$ for which $s(5000) = -600\,000\,000\,000$.

Give your answer rounded to $12$ places behind the decimal point.



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