Given the first three terms of a geometric series is shown below.  k , 6 , 5k+8 where ? is a constant. i) Prove that one of the possible values of k is 2. Then find the other value. ii) If k = 2, find the sum of the first 10 terms of the series.

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Given the first three terms of a geometric series is shown below. 

k , 6 , 5k+8

where ? is a constant.

i) Prove that one of the possible values of k is 2. Then find the other value.

ii) If k = 2, find the sum of the first 10 terms of the series.

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