How do I find the closed form of this summation?
Sum from 0 to n (0.9^k 0.1^(n-k))
2 answers
The closed form of this summation is (0.9 + 0.1)^n.
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sum(k=0..n) 0.9^k * 0.1^(n-k) = 2^(-n-3) * 5^-n (9^(n+1) - 1)
sum(k=0..n) 0.9^k * 0.1^(n-k) = 2^(-n-3) * 5^-n (9^(n+1) - 1)