The total annual spending by tourists in a resort city is $200 million. Approximately 75% of that revenue is again spent in the resort city, and of that amount approximately 75% is again spent in the same city, and so on. Write the geometric series that gives the total amount of spending generated by the $200 million and find the sum of the series. ..... .. ..... .... .... .....•

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Chapter12: Sequences, Series And Binomial Theorem
Section12.3: Geometric Sequences And Series
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The total annual
spending by tourists
in a resort city is
$200 million.
Approximately 75%
of that revenue is again
spent in the resort city,
and of that amount
approximately 75% is
again spent in the same city, and so on. Write the geometric
series that gives the total amount of spending generated by
the $200 million and find the sum of the series.
..... .. ..... .... .... .....•
Transcribed Image Text:The total annual spending by tourists in a resort city is $200 million. Approximately 75% of that revenue is again spent in the resort city, and of that amount approximately 75% is again spent in the same city, and so on. Write the geometric series that gives the total amount of spending generated by the $200 million and find the sum of the series. ..... .. ..... .... .... .....•
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