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caylus

Hello,

\(1+2+2^2+2^3+...+2^9=\frac{2^{10}-1}{2-1}=1023\)

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the nth term is
an=a1(r)^(n-1)
an=1(2)^(n-1)
a1=1
r=2

the sum of a geometric seequence is
\(S_{n}=\frac{a_{1}(1-r^{n})}{1-r}\)
a1=1
r=2
we want to find \(S_{10}\) (since we minus 1, the highest exponet is 9 so add 1 to make it correct)

\(S_{10}=\frac{1(1-2^{10})}{1-2}\)
\(S_{10}=\frac{(1-1024}{-1}\)
\(S_{10}=\frac{(-1023}{-1}\)
\(S_{10}=1023\)