CPM Homework Help : INT3 Problem 10-130

A hiker decides to spend his days walking around the countryside. On the first day he walks $25$ miles, but on the following days he finds he cannot keep up that pace. On average he travels a $5\%$ shorter distance each day. If he can walk forever, how far will he go?

Hint:

Treat this as an infinite geometric series with $a = 25$ and $r = 0.95$ .

More Help:

For additional help see problem 10-117.