Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the Geometric sequence 0.5, 1.5, 4.5, 13.5…

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Your basic data is
a = .5
r = 3

Now just use the formula
sum(n) = a(r^n -1)/(r-1)
sum(10) = .5(3^10 - 1)/(3-1)
= .....